Maryna Kostiukova (3813-6DAB-7418)

Curriculum Vitae

Maryna Kostiukova

Maryna's research interests encompass the fields of psychophysiology, experimental psychology, and human sexuality, with a particular focus on asexuality and sexual orientation. She earned both her Bachelor's (2017) and Master's (2019) degrees from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, where she developed her undergraduate and postgraduate research projects in the realm of Queer psychology. Currently, Maryna is pursuing her doctoral studies in Human Sexuality at the University of Porto. Her doctoral project is dedicated to investigating the role of sexual stimuli appraisal in the development of asexual identity, employing a combination of experimental and qualitative research methods. Her research is supported by funding from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Reference number: 2022.11771.BD).

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Maryna Kostiukova

Citation names

Kostiukova, Maryna

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 3813-6DAB-7418
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-6697-4310

Email addresses

mkostyukova18@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Ukrainian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2022/09/01 - 2025/09/01 Ongoing	Human Sexuality (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal "The Role of Sexual Stimuli Appraisal in the Development of Asexual Identity: A Mixed-Methods Approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09/01 - 2019/01/04 Concluded	Psychology (Master) Major in Psychology V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine "Moral Features of People with Different Sexual Orientations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09/01 - 2017/07/07 Concluded	Psychology (Bachelor) Major in Psychology V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine "The Features of a Partner Image among Men with Different Sexual Orientations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2022/09/01 - 2025/08/31	Asexuality: questions of attraction, arousal and identity maintenance 2022.11771.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Psicologia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster

Kostiukova, Maryna. "Linking Attention to Sexual Stimuli and Identity: Insights from Research on Sexual Minorities". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional de Sociedade Portuguesa em Sexologia Clinica (SPSC), 2025.
Kostiukova, Maryna. "Laboratory Sex Research: Perceptions of the Ace Community". Paper presented in the International Academy of Sex Research (IASR) 50th annual meeting, Berlin, Germany., 2024.

Journal article

Maryna Kostiukova; Danai Tselenti; Joana Carvalho. "Attention to sexual stimuli and its relationship to sexual identity in the context of empirical studies with sexual minorities: a scoping review". Sexual Medicine Reviews (2025): https://doi.org/10.1093/sxmrev/qeaf049.
10.1093/sxmrev/qeaf049
Maryna Kostiukova; Danai Tselenti; Joana Carvalho. "Laboratory Sex Research: Perceptions of the Ace Community". The Journal of Sex Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2412097.
10.1080/00224499.2024.2412097

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/05/24	Why bring an asexual to a sex lab? Challenges and implications of experimental sex research with the asexual spectrum population.	XX PhD Meeting in Psychology “Dreaming beyond institutional borders – the future of psychology” ISCTE (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/02/14	Attention to Sexual Stimuli and Its Relationship to Sexual Identity in Sexual Minority Individuals: A Systematic Scoping Review	4º SimPsi U. Norte University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/05/08	The Role of Sexual Stimuli Appraisal in the Development of Asexual Identity.	IUC doctoral Course “Sexuality and Sexual Health in 21st Century University of Zagreb (Dubrovnik, Croatia)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2017/03/03 - Current	Kostiukova, M. (2017). Image of partner among men with homo- and heterosexual orientations. Talk presented at the Ukrainian National Students` Olympics "Theoretical and applied psychology", Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine (honourable mention).
2016/10/06 - Current	Kostiukova, M. (2016). Features of the relationships between identity and psychological well-being of the individual. Talk presented at the Ukrainian National Students` Olympics "Theoretical and applied psychology", Kyiv, Ukraine.
2015/04/02 - Current	Kostiukova, M. (2015). Mnemonics in theory and on practice. Talk presented at the International Youth Scientific and Practical Conference "Vectors of Psychology", V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Conference	V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - 2022/05/30	As a volunteer developed a study programme "Introduction to Psychology" for older adults (age 60+). Weekly gave a talk on various topics in the fields of general and social psychology.		The third age university “Proton”, Ukraine

Distinctions

Award

2025	Poster presentation award (Honorable mention)
2017	4th place at the Ukrainian National Students` Olympics “Theoretical and applied psychology”.
2016	2nd place at the Ukrainian National Students` Olympics “Theoretical and applied psychology”.
2016	Kharkiv City Council Scholarship “Giftedness”.
2015	G. K. Sereda Scholarship for high-achieving students.
2014	G. K. Sereda Scholarship for high-achieving students.

Other distinction

2016	Diploma for the best speech at section “General psychology” at the International Youth Scientific and Practical Conference “Vectors of Psychology”.