I received my Ph.D. in clinical psychology at UNB in 2007 under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Byers. I investigated the effects of body image on women's sexual functioning as well as the roles of body size and physical exercise in this relationship. I also have studied parents' attitudes towards sexual health education in the schools and at home. Following graduation, I was employed as a Psychologist with the Autism Intervention Program-Eastern Ontario. Since 2009 I have been an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia where I teach Abnormal Psychology, Human Sexuality, and Introductory Psychology.
Currently, my main research interests include body image and women's sexual functioning, "friends-with-benefits" relationships, women's sexual agency, gender and sexuality in film, and positive psychology and sexuality.
I am a clinical psychologist and my clinical interests involve assessment and intervention for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders).
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Here are my publications from my work at UNB:
Weaver, A. D., & Byers, E. S. (2013). Eye of the beholder?: Sociocultural factors in the body image and sexual well-being of heterosexual women. International Journal of Sexual Health, 25, 128-147. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2012.737446
Weaver, A. D., MacKeigan, K. L., & MacDonald, H. A. (2011). Experiences and perceptions of young adults in friends-with-benefits relationships: A qualitative study. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 20, 41-53.
Byers, E. S., Sears, H. A., & Weaver, A. D. (2008). Parents' reports of sexual communication with children in Kindergarten to Grade 8. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 86-96.
Weaver, A.D., & Byers, E.S. (2006). The relationship between body image, body mass index, and exercise and heterosexual women’s sexual functioning. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 333-339.Cohen, J. N., Byers, E. S., Sears, H.A., & Weaver, A. D. (2004). Sexual health education: Attitudes, knowledge, and comfort of teachers in New Brunswick schools. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 13, 1-15.
Byers, E. S., Sears, H.A., Voyer, S. D., Thurlow, J. L., Cohen, J. N., & Weaver, A.D., (2003). An adolescent perspective on sexual health education at school and at home: I High school students. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 12, 1-17.
Byers, E. S., Sears, H.A., Voyer, S. D., Thurlow, J. L., Cohen, J. N., & Weaver, A.D., (2003). An adolescent perspective on sexual health education at school and at home: II Junior high school students. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 12, 19-33.
Weaver, A.D., Byers, E.S., Sears, H.A., Cohen, J.N., Randall, H.E.S. (2002). Sexual health education at school and at home: Attitudes and experiences of New Brunswick parents. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 11, 19-31.
