Dr Amy Lykins
Lecturer, School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
B.A. (Indiana University). Ph.D. (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Contact
| Email: | alykins@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Psychology (S6) Room 44 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 5014 (or +61 2 6773 5014 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3820 |
Areas of Teaching
PSYC504 Psychological Interventions with Adults
PSYC363 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 4th year Professional Topic: Interviewing skills
Research interests
My primary research interests are in the areas of human sexuality and
sexual health. Specifically, I am interested in the role of cognitive
processes (e.g., attention, memory) in the evaluation of sexual
information. I am also interested in the development of sexual orientation
and sexual attraction.
Recent Publications
Bossio, J., Spape, J, Lykins, A. D., & Chivers, M. L. (submitted). Observational stance and subjective and genital sexual arousal in women and men.
Cantor, J. M., Klein, C., Lykins, A. D., Rullo, J. E., Thaler, L., Walling, B. R. (submitted). A treatment-oriented typology of self-identified hypersexuality referrals.
Lykins, A. D., Janssen, E., Hahn, S., Heiman, J., & Rafaeli, E. (submitted). The effects of similarity in sexual excitation, inhibition and mood on sexual arousal problems and sexual satisfaction in newlywed couples.
Lykins, A. D., Cantor, J. M., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Dickey, R., Klassen, P. E., & Blanchard, R. (2010). Sexual arousal to female children in gynephilic men. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 22, 279-289.
Lykins, A. D., Meana, M., & Minimi, J. (2010). Visual attention to erotic images in women reporting pain with intercourse. Journal of Sex Research, 47, 1-10.Lykins, A. D., Cantor, J. M., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Dickey, R., & Klassen, P. E., & Blanchard, R. (2010). The relationship between peak response magnitudes and agreement in diagnoses obtained from two different phallometric tests for pedophilia. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 22, 42-57.
Blanchard, R., Lykins, A. D., Wherrett, D., Kuban, M. E., Cantor, J. M., Blak, T., Dickey, R., & Klassen, P. E. (2009). Pedophilia, hebephilia, and the DSM-V. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38, 335-350.
Meana, M., & Lykins, A. D. (2009). Negative affect and somatically focused anxiety in young women reporting pain during intercourse. Journal of Sex Research, 46, 1-9.
Lykins, A. D., Meana, M., & Strauss, G. P. (2008). Sex differences in visual attention to erotic and non-erotic stimuli. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37, 219-228.
Lykins, A. D., Meana, M., & Kambe, G. (2006). Detection of differential viewing patterns to erotic and non-erotic stimuli using eye-tracking methodology. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35, 569-575.
Lykins, A. D., Janssen, E. J., & Graham, C. A. (2006). The relationship between negative mood and sexuality in heterosexual college women and men. Journal of Sex Research, 43, 136-143.
Meana, M., Rakipi, R. S., Weeks, G., & Lykins, A. D. (2006). Sexual function in a non-clinical sample of partnered lesbians. The Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 5, 1-22.
Supervision Areas
TBA