caa a22 4500 606231056 CHVBK 20210128101218.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-015-0519-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-015-0519-z Assessment of Introital Lubrication [Elektronische Daten] [Samantha Dawson, Megan Sawatsky, Martin Lalumière] Vaginal vasocongestion and lubrication serve to prepare the vaginal lumen for sexual activity. Lubrication is important for sexual functioning and difficulties with lubrication are one of the most commonly reported symptoms of sexual dysfunction. Few studies have empirically examined how vasocongestion and lubrication relate to one another and there are currently no well-established measures of lubrication. In this study, we designed and tested a simple method to assess lubrication at the vaginal introitus in 19 healthy women, using litmus test strips. We examined the relationship between lubrication and vaginal vasocongestion (measured with a photoplethysmograph) when elicited by audiovisual sexual stimuli (male-female sexual interactions). Lubrication was elicited by the sexual stimuli and was strongly correlated with reports of sexual arousal. Unexpectedly, lubrication was not correlated with vasocongestion, even though the latter was also elicited by the sexual stimuli. We discuss the implications of these findings for informing our understanding of the female sexual response and the potential clinical and scientific utility of this new measure. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Genital responses nationallicence Vaginal vasocongestion nationallicence Lubrication nationallicence Self-reported sexual arousal nationallicence Vaginal photoplethysmography nationallicence Dawson Samantha Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada aut Sawatsky Megan School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 136 Jean-Jacques Lussier, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Lalumière Martin School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 136 Jean-Jacques Lussier, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/6(2015-08-01), 1527-1535 0004-0002 44:6<1527 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0519-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0519-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dawson Samantha Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sawatsky Megan School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 136 Jean-Jacques Lussier, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lalumière Martin School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, 136 Jean-Jacques Lussier, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/6(2015-08-01), 1527-1535 0004-0002 44:6<1527 2015 44 10508