Patricia Morokoff

  • Professor Emerita
  • Department of Psychology; Clinical Psychology
  • Email: morokoff@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Chafee 257

Research

Gender issues in sexuality; sexual assertiveness; HIV/AIDS prevention: prediction of risky sexual behaviors and interventions to increase safer sex behaviors; psychophysiological and hormonal factors affecting sexual functioning.

Education

  • Ph.D. 1980, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • B.A. 1971, Indiana University

Selected Publications

Morokoff, P. J., & Gorraiz, M. (2013). A Model of Women’s Sexual Health: Active, Consensual, Wanted and Safe. In P. Geller, M. Spears, & J. Kloss (Eds.) Women’s Health Psychology. NY: Wiley

Bridges, A., & Morokoff, P.J. (2011). Sexual media use and relationship satisfaction in heterosexual couples.  Personal Relationships, 18, 562-585.

Morokoff, P.J., Redding, C.A., Harlow, L.L.,Cho, S., Rossi, J.S., Meier, K.S., Mayer, K.H., Koblin, B., & Brown-Peterside, P. (2009). Associations of Sexual Victimization, Depression, and Sexual Assertiveness with Unprotected Sex: A Test of the Multifaceted Model of HIV Risk Across Gender. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 14, 30-54.

Peipert JF, Redding CA, Blume J, Allsworth J, Matteson K, Lozowski F, Mayer K, Morokoff PJ, & Rossi JS. (2008). Tailored Intervention Trial to Increase Dual Methods: A Randomized Trial to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 198(6), 630.e1-e8.

Peipert, J., Redding, C.A., Blume, J., Allsworth, J.E., Iannuccillo, K., Lozowski, F., Mayer, K., Morokoff, P.J., & Rossi, J.S. (2007). Design of a stage-matched intervention trial to increase dual method contraceptive use (Project PROTECT). Contemporary Clinical Trials, 28, 626–637.

Gazabon, S., Morokoff, P., Harlow, L. L., Ward, R. M., & Quina, K. (2007). Applying the transtheoretical model to ethnically diverse women at risk for HIV.  Health, Education, and Behavior, 34, 297-314.
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h3>Professional Interests

  • Feminist therapy for couples and individuals with special emphasis on sexual and physical abuse problems; HIV/AIDS prevention through population-based intervention programs.

Honors and Awards

  • URI Multicultural Center, Diversity Award for Faculty Excellence in Leadership and Service, 2007
  • Department of Psychology, Distinguished Achievements and Contributions to Service, 2011
  • University of Rhode Island, Association for Professional and Academic Women’s (APAW) Woman of the Year, 2011
  • University of Rhode Island, College of Arts and Sciences, Administrative Excellence Award, 2011

Graduate Student Research

  • Cassandra Golding (2010). The Healthy Emotional Reliance Scale and deconstruction of dependency: A latent variable model of relationship functioning in female couples.
  • Myriel Rodriguez (2010). Relationship between Psychosocial, Interpersonal Factors and Implicit Sex-Submission Associations in Hispanic/Latina and White Women.
  • Matsuura, A. (2008). Interpersonal and psychosexual factors predicting HIV-related risky sex behaviors in heterosexually active women and men. Doctoral Dissertation
  • Bridges, A. (2007). Romantic couples and partner use of sexually explicit material: The mediating role of cognitions for dyadic and sexual satisfaction. Doctoral Dissertation
  • Ngo, T. (2005). A four-year retrospective study of domestic violence and police response in Asians using the Rhode Island domestic violence/sexual assault police reporting forms. Doctoral Dissertation