Professor Diane Morrison’s research interests focus on sexuality, attitudes and behavior, and health-related decision making. Completed research projects include studies of condom use among individuals at high risk for STIs and HIV/AIDS; longitudinal research on the life careers of young mothers; longitudinal research on children and adolescents’ understanding of health concepts, and the relationship of early knowledge and attitudes to subsequent health behaviors (including condom use and substance use); development and testing of interventions to increase condom use among adolescents, and to increase communication between adolescents and their parents; diary studies of the relationship between intoxication and condom use; and surveys of LBTQ and questioning adolescents. She is currently leading an NICHD-funded study of young men’s beliefs and behaviors about sex and relationships with women, and collaborates on others’ projects in the SSW and at the UW’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute.
Research/Teaching Areas: Sexuality, Attitude-behavior relationship, Health-related decision making
