Romantic and Sexual Relationships
Hosted by: The Institute for Children, Youth and Families
Division of Family Studies and Human Development
Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences
"Understanding negative affect in intimate sexuality."
Dr. Carl Ridley
University of Arizona
Friday, December 1, 2006
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Ridley is a Professor of Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on romantic and sexual relationships and is currently working on three research projects that involve various aspects of close relationships. The first focuses on predicting the frequency and severity of domestic violence based on a four component model of interpersonal conflict. Second, he is working on a project that examines the influence of "blame attributions" on the course of relationship development with premarital and marital couples. Third, he continues to study "lust" in the context of marriage and premarital relationships. The interest is on how lust changes over time, and how these lust patterns are influenced by changes in affect toward the partner.