Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology
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Contact Information
Office:				Edison Science Building, Room 130F
Office Hours:				by appointment
Phone:				(732) 263-5476
Email:				glewando@monmouth.edu {email is the best way to contact me quickly}
Research
My research examines the social psychology of romantic relationships with a focus on the confluence of the self and relationships. A majority of my work examines self-expansion, a motivation to enhance the self’s capabilities through the accumulation of knowledge, experience, identity and other resources, largely through relationships. Thus, my research program examines self-expansion processes in several facets of relationships: attraction, relationship maintenance, susceptibility to infidelity, and break-up. Recent work focuses on how learning about someone’s personality influences perceptions of their physical attractiveness. Other recent work focuses on the experience of personal growth and positive outcomes following relationship dissolution, including strategies to promote positive outcomes.
Selected Publications
* Monmouth University Student Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2009). Promoting positive emotions following relationship dissolution through writing. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 21-31. Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., Aron, A., & Gee, J. (2007). Personality goes a long way: The malleability of opposite-sex physical attractiveness. Personal Relationships, 14, 571-585. Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Bizzoco, N.* (2007). Addition through subtraction: Positive outcomes following the loss of a dating relationship. Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 40-54. Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., Aron, A., Bassis, S., & Kunak, J.* (2006). Losing a self-expanding relationship: Implications for the self-concept. Personal Relationships, 13, 317-331. Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Ackerman, R. A.* (2006). Something’s missing: Need fulfillment and self-expansion as predictors of susceptibility to infidelity. The Journal of Social Psychology, 146, 389-403. Click here for Popular Press publication information.
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