Diane Morrison

Ph.D. 1982, University of Washington. Sexual behavior, models of decision-making, contraceptive use.

Department: School of Social Work
Position: Professor
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Phone: (206) 543-6813, (206) 543-4442
Box: 354900
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Research Summary:

Diane Morrison, Professor of Social Welfare, is a social psychologist whose demography-related work is primarily on reproductive and sexual behavior. For over 15 years, Dr. Morrison has been involved in basic research and intervention projects that address processes of decision-making about sexual risk taking. Her research is based on social cognitive models including the Theory of Reasoned Action, (TRA), the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Social Cognitive Theory. She is involved in theory development and testing; application of these models to reproductive decision making, sexual safety, and other health-related behaviors; and development and testing of interventions. Dr. Morrison's current work focuses on adding interpersonal and environmental constructs to these psychological models, and development of new sexual safety interventions.

Research on children and the development of their health-protective attitudes and behaviors is another area of interest. Dr. Morrison's work on teenage mothers and their children focuses on expanding the TRA/TPB model to include antecedents of decision making, and modeling the transmission of beliefs and attitudes from parents to children.

Recent Publications:

Gillmore, M. R.; Leigh, B. C.; Hoppe, M. J.; Morrison, D. M., (Forthcoming), Comparison of daily reports and retrospective reports of vaginal sex in heterosexual men and women, Journal of Sex Research.

Morrison, D. M.; Hoppe, M. J.; R., G. M.; Kluver, C.; Higa, D.; Wells, E. A., (Forthcoming), Replicating an intervention: The tension between fidelity and adaptation, AIDS Education and Prevention.

Morrison, D. M.; Lohr, M. J.; Beadnell, B.; Gillmore, M. R.; Lewis, S.; Gilchrist, L., (Forthcoming), Young mothers’ decisions to use marijuana: A test of an expanded theory of planned behavior, Psychology and Health.

Norris, J.; Stoner, S. A.; Hessler, D. M.; Zawacki, T.; Davis, K. C.; George, W. H.; Morrison, D. M.; Abdallah, D. A., (Forthcoming), Influences of sexual sensation seeking, alcohol consumption, and sexual arousal on women’s behavioral intentions related to having unprotected sex, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Zawacki, T. M.; Norris, J.; Hessler, D. M.; Morrison, D. M.; Stoner, S. A.; George, W. H.; Davis, K. C.; Abdallah, D. A., (Forthcoming), Effects of partner familiarity, relationship motivation, and alcohol on women’s risky sexual decision making, Personality and Social Psychology Review.

Norris, J.; Stoner, S. A.; Hessler, D. M.; Zawacki, T. M.; George, W. H.; Morrison, D. M.; Davis, K. C., (2009), Cognitive Mediation of Alcohol's Effects on Women's in-the-Moment Sexual Decision Making, HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY -HILLSDALE THEN WASHINGTON DC-, 28: 1, 20-28.

Beadnell, B.; Morrison, D. M.; Huang, B.; Baker, S. A.; Gillmore, M. R.; Stielstra, S., (2008), The theory of reasoned action and the role of external factors on heterosexual men's monogamy and condom use, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 97-134.

Gillmore, M.; Lee, J.; Morrison, D.; Lindhorst, T., (2008), Marriage following adolescent parenthood: Relationships to adult well-being, Journal of Marriage and Family, 70: 5, 1136-1144.

Hoppe, M. J.; Morrison, D. M.; Gillmore, M. R.; Beadnell, B.; Higa, D. H.; Leigh, B. C., (2008), Agreement of Daily Diary and Retrospective Measures of Condom Use, AIDS and Behavior, 12: 1, 113-117.

Leigh, B. C.; Morrison, D. M.; Hoppe, M. J.; Beadnell, B.; Gillmore, M. R., (2008), Retrospective assessment of the association between drinking and condom use, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69: 5, 773-777.

Masters, N. T.; Beadnell, B. A.; Morrison, D. M.; Hoppe, M. J.; Gillmore, M. R., (2008), The opposite of sex?: Examining adolescents’ thoughts about sex and abstinence and their sexual behavior, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 40: 2, 87-93.

Stoner, S. A.; Norris, J.; George, W. H.; Hessler, D. M.; Morrison, D. M.; Davis, K. C.; Zawacki, T., (2008), Women's condom use assertiveness and sexual risk-taking: Effects of alcohol intoxication and adult victimization, Addict. Behav. Addictive Behaviors, 33: 9, 1167-1176.

Beadnell, B.; Morrison, D. M.; Carlisle, S. K.; Hoppe, M. J.; Mariano, K. A.; Wilsdon, A.; Wells, E. A.; Gillmore, M. R.; Higa, D. H., (2007), The reliability and validity of a group-based measure of adolescents' friendship closeness, Research on Social Work Practice, 17, 707-719.

Beadnell, B.; Wilsdon, A.; Wells, E. A.; Morrison, D. M.; Gillmore, M. R.; Hoppe, M. J., (2007), Intrapersonal and interpersonal factors influencing adolescents' decisions about having sex: A test of the sufficiency of the theory of planned behavior, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 2840-2876.

Bell, S. G.; Morrison, D. M.; Newcomer, S. F.; Bachrach, C.; Borawski, E.; Jemmott, J. B.; Stanton, B.; Tortolero, S.; Zimmerman, R., (2007), Challenges in Replicating Interventions, Journal of Adolescent Health, 40: 6, 514.

Leigh, B. C.; Morrison, D. M.; Gaylord, J.; Hoppe, M. J.; Rainey, D.; Gillmore, M. R., (2007), Drinking and Condom use: Results from an Event-Based Daily Diary, AIDS and Behavior, 12, 104-112.

Morrison, D. M.; Casey, E. A.; Wilsdon, T.; Hoppe, M.; Gillmore, M. R.; Beadnell, B. B., (2007), Effects of friendship closeness in an adolescent group intervention, Prevention Science, 8, 274-284.

Morrison, D. M.; Hoppe, M. J.; Wells, E. A.; Beadnell, B. A.; Wilsdon, A.; Higa, D.; Gillmore, M. R.; Casey, E. A., (2007), Replicating a Teen HIV/STD Preventive Intervention in a Multicultural City, AIDS Education and Prevention, 19: 3, 258-273.

Beadnell, B.; Morrison, D. M.; Huang, B.; Baker, S. A.; Stielstra, S.; Stoner, S., (2006), Change trajectories in women's STD/HIV risk behaviors following intervention, Prevention Science, 7: 3, 321-31.

Beadnell, B.; Morrison, D.; Wilsdon, A.; Wells, E.; Murowchick, E.; Hoppe, M.; Gillmore, M.; Nahom, D., (2005), Condom use, frequency of sex, and number of partners: Multidimensional characterization of adolescent sexual risk-taking, Journal of Sex Research, 42, 192-202.

Choi, Y.; Golder, S.; Gillmore, M.; Morrison, D., (2005), Analysis with missing data in social work research, Journal of Social Service Research, 31, 23-48.

Golder, S.; Gillmore, M. R.; Spieker, S. J.; Morrison, D. M., (2005), Substance use, related problem behaviors and adult attachment in a sample of high risk older adolescent women. , Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14, 181-193.

Oxford, M. L.; Gilchrist, L.; Lohr, M. J.; Gillmore, M. R.; Morrison, D. M.; Spieker, S. J., (2005), Life course heterogeneity in the transition from adolescence to adulthood among adolescent mothers., Journal of Research on Adolescents, 15: 4, 479-504.

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