Ronald D. Rogge

Ron Rogge is a clinical faculty member whose research focuses on understanding dynamics within romantic relationships and families. His basic research studies examine how individual factors (e.g., neuroticism, anger, aggressiveness, depression, anxiety, alcohol use, and axis II pathology), couples behavior with each other (e.g., communication, empathy, forgiveness, social support, humor, partner aggression, coparenting dynamics), sexuality and sexual activity (e.g., sexual activity, the salience of male and female sexual health and orgasms, diversity in relationship structures - including nonmonogamous arrangements; diversity in sexuality - including traditional LGBT self-identities as well as newer classifications like heteroflexibility, gender diversity), Eastern ideological traditions (drawing from Buddhism and Taoism, as well as from the mindfulness and ACT literatures, we have increasingly begun incorporating mindfulness and psychological flexibility into our projects and examining how tenets of Buddhism are linked to greater wellbeing through various forms of mindfulness and emotional flexibility - the Unified Flexibility & Mindfulness model), environmental factors (e.g., life stress, socio-economic status, demographics, neighborhood dilapidation, neighborhood cohesion), implicit attitudes (e.g., subconscious attitudes toward a partner or family member that can shape the course of relationships), health behaviors/factors (e.g., exercise, diet, sleep hygiene) collectively contribute to the development of individual, relationships, and family wellbeing and flourishing or discord and distress. In addition, Dr. Rogge's research also explores methods of preventing marital and family discord through interventions designed to strengthen relationships and families.

Rogge, R. D., Lin, Y. Y., Swanson, D. P., Amaro, A. (2022). Tracing the Path toward Mindfulness back to its Origins: Linking Tenets of Buddhism to Mindfulness within the Buddhism-Informed Unified flexibility and Mindfulness (BI-UFM) Model. Mindfulness, online first. Pollard, A., & Rogge, R. D. (2022). Love in the time of COVID-19: A multi-wave study examining the salience of sexual health during a pandemic. Archives of Sexual Behavior, online first, 1-25. Peltz. J., Crasta, D., Daks, J., & Rogge, R. D. (2021). Shocks to the system: The influence of COVID-19-related stressors on coparental and family functioning. Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1693-1707 Hangen, F., & Rogge, R. D. (2021). Focusing the conceptualization of erotophilia and erotophobia on global attitudes toward sex: Develop