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List of works by Rui Miguel Costa

"Standard operating procedures for female orgasmic disorder" is not based on best evidence

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

Anxious and avoidant attachment, vibrator use, anal sex, and impaired vaginal orgasm

scientific article published on 15 June 2011

Associations of immature defense mechanisms with personal importance of junk food, television and alcohol are independent of age.

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Female sexual function and heart rate variability

scientific article published on 9 September 2015

Greater frequency of penile-vaginal intercourse without condoms is associated with better mental health.

scientific article published in February 2010

Greater resting heart rate variability is associated with orgasms through penile-vaginal intercourse, but not with orgasms from other sources.

scientific article published on 14 November 2011

Immature defense mechanisms are associated with lesser vaginal orgasm consistency and greater alcohol consumption before sex.

scientific article published on 3 November 2009

Immature psychological defense mechanisms and the misrepresentations of some sex researchers

Insecure attachment is related to more anal sex and vibrator orgasm but less vaginal orgasm.

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Masturbation is Related to Psychopathology and Prostate Dysfunction: Comment on Quinsey (2012)

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

Obesity, Overweight, Female Sexual Function, and Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Frequency

scientific article published on 13 July 2015

Orgasm and women's waist circumference

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Overestimation of heterosexually attributed AIDS deaths is associated with immature psychological defence mechanisms and clitoral masturbation during penile-vaginal intercourse.

scientific article published in December 2009

Penis size and vaginal orgasm

scientific article published on 30 July 2013

Poorer Subjective Sleep Quality Is Related to Higher Fantasy-Induced Sexual Arousal in Women of Reproductive Age.

scientific article published on 7 November 2015

Problematic internet use and feelings of loneliness

scientific article published on 20 December 2018

Satisfaction (sexual, life, relationship, and mental health) is associated directly with penile-vaginal intercourse, but inversely with other sexual behavior frequencies.

scientific article published on 28 April 2009

Sexual Satisfaction, Relationship Satisfaction, and Health Are Associated with Greater Frequency of Penile–Vaginal Intercourse

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Sexual satisfaction and health are positively associated with penile-vaginal intercourse but not other sexual activities

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Skin conductance responses to visual sexual stimuli

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Smoking is unrelated to female sexual function

scientific article published on 7 October 2014

Sometimes a Bear is Just a Bear: No Evidence of Nonclinical Adult Toy Animal Ownership Indicating Emotion Dysregulation

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Specifically Penile-Vaginal Intercourse Frequency Is Associated With Better Relationship Satisfaction: A Commentary on Hicks, McNulty, Meltzer, and Olson (2016).

scientific article published in September 2017

Vaginal Orgasm is Related to Better Mental Health and is Relevant to Evolutionary Psychology: A Response to Zietsch et al

scientific article published on August 30, 2011

Vaginal orgasm is associated with less use of immature psychological defense mechanisms.

scientific article published on 4 March 2008

Vaginal orgasm is more prevalent among women with a prominent tubercle of the upper lip.

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Women Who Prefer Longer Penises Are More Likely to Have Vaginal Orgasms (but Not Clitoral Orgasms): Implications for an Evolutionary Theory of Vaginal Orgasm

scientific article published on September 24, 2012

Women's relationship quality is associated with specifically penile-vaginal intercourse orgasm and frequency.

scientific article published in July 2007