Close Relationship Research Lab: Student Scholarship
Dr.
Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.
Monmouth
University
Student Grant Funding
MU Monmouth University Undergraduate
Student
** Faculty Supervisor
Nardone, N. MU, & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr.** (January
2007-October 2007). Self-understanding
and the accuracy of behavioral prediction.
Psi Chi: Undergraduate Research Grant.
(Award Amount: 700.00).
Raines, A. J. MU, & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr.**
(January 2007-October 2007). Writing about the self.
Psi Chi: Undergraduate Research
Grant. (Award Amount: 900.00).
Publications with Undergraduate Co-Authors
MU Monmouth University Undergraduate
Student
** State University
of New York at Stony Brook Undergraduate Student
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. MU (2007) Addition
through subtraction: Positive outcomes following the loss of a dating
relationship. Journal of Positive Psychology, 2, 40-54.
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Harrington, S. MU (2006, August). The influence of phonetic
abbreviations on evaluation of student
performance.
Current Research in Social Psychology,
11(15), 215-226. http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html
Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., Aron, A., Bassis, S.,**
& Kunak, J. MU (2006). Losing a self-expanding relationship:
Implications for the
self-concept. Personal Relationships, 13, 317-331.
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Ackerman, R. A. MU (2006). Something’s
missing: Need fulfillment and self-expansion as predictors
of susceptibility to infidelity.
The Journal of Social Psychology,
146(4), 389-403.
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Sahner,
D. F. MU (2005). The influence of past relationships on subsequent
relationships: The role of
the self. Individual
Differences Research Journal, 3(4), 269-275.
Conference Presentations with Students
MU Monmouth University Undergraduate
Student
National/Regional
Conferences
Javas, L. K. MU, &
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2008, March). Life
satisfaction vs. relationship satisfaction: The influence of personal
characteristics.
Poster presented at the 79th Annual Eastern
Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.,
USA.
(Note: Leigh-Ann Javas won the Psi Chi
Regional Research Award for this presentation.)
Nardone, N. MU, St. Amour, S. MU,
Shababo, F. MU, Sammon, E.
MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2008, March). Perceptions of relationship quality of
online dating. Poster presented at the 79th Annual
Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Boston, MA.,
USA.
Raines, A. J. MU,
Nardone, N. MU, & Lewandowski, G.W. Jr. (2008,
March). The role of the
self-knowledge in college adjustment. Poster presented at the 79th
Annual Eastern Psychology Association Conference, Boston, MA.,
USA.
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Scarponi, T. MU
(2008, February). The role of
self-expansion and desired similarity in romantic attraction.
Poster to be presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality
and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Nardone,
N. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2008, February). The relation of self-expansion to well-being
and relationship quality. Poster
to be presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality
and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Korcz, L. M. MU, Lewandowski, G.
W., Jr., & Le, B. (2007, March). Self variables as predictors of
ethnocentrism and study abroad
interest.
Poster presented at the 78th Annual Eastern Psychological
Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA. ,
USA.
Harrington,
S. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2007,
March). Thx 4 ur
help: Phonetic abbreviations effect on student evaluation. Poster
presented at the 78th Annual
Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA. , USA.
Nardone, N. MU, &
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2007, March). Self-understanding and the accuracy of self-knowledge. Poster presented at
the 78th Annual Eastern Psychological
Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA. ,
USA.
(Note: Natalie Nardone won the Psi
Chi Regional Research Award for this presentation.)
Nardone, N. MU, Raines, A. J. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2006,
March). Get it out: The effects of writing about dissolution. Poster
presented at the 77th Annual
Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Resenhoeft, A. MU, Lupon, J. MU, Scarponi,
T. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2006,
March). The urge to merge: Correlates of desiring less
closeness. Poster presented at the 77th
Annual Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Ackerman, R. MU (2006, January).
The role of relationship motivations in perceived
susceptibility to infidelity.
Poster presented at the Seventh
Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Palm
Springs, CA.
Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., & Hampson, R. J. MU (2004) The influence of self-understanding on
relationship satisfaction and commitment.
Paper
presented at the 12th Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, Madison, WI,
USA.
Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., & Sahner, D. F. MU (2004) The influence of past relationships on subsequent
relationships: The role of the self.
Paper
presented at the 12th Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, Madison, WI,
USA.
White, C. MU, Lewandowski, G. W., Jr.,
Aron, A., & Aron, E. (2004). Development
and validation of the state measure of self-expansion
motivation. Poster presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting
of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Undergraduate
Conferences
* Monmouth University Undergraduate Student
Nardone,
N. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2007,
May). Individual differences in the
prediction of future behavior. Paper
presented at
the 7th Annual Stanford
University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Stanford, CA, USA.
Raines,
A. J. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2007,
May). Helping people help themselves: An exercise in self-understanding
enhancement.
Poster presented at the 7th Annual Stanford
University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Stanford, CA, USA.
Harrington, S. MU, &
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2007, May). How am I doing?:
Reactions to romantic relationship dissolution. Poster
presented
at the 15th Annual Pace University Undergraduate Psychology
Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Korcz, L. MU,
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Le, B. (2007, May).
Study abroad and the self: Self variables
as predictors of ethnocentrism and
study abroad interest.
Poster presented at the 15th Annual Pace University Undergraduate
Research Conference, New
York, NY, USA.
Nardone,
N. MU,
Javas, L. MU, & Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2007, May). Accuracy of self-knowledge and prediction of behavior. Poster
presented
at the 15th Annual Pace University Undergraduate Research
Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Raines, A. J. MU, St. Amour, S. MU, Hollingworth, M. MU,
Chin, L. MU,
& Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2007,
May). The role of individual
differences in perceived relationship
quality. Poster presented at the 15th
Annual Pace University Undergraduate Psychology
Conference,
New York, NY.
Nardone,
N. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2006, May). The relation of self-concept clarity and
accuracy: Implications for relationships
quality. Poster presented at the 6th
Annual Stanford University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Stanford, CA.
Harrington, S. MU, & Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2006, May). The influence of text-messaging on evaluation of student performance. Poster
presented at the 14th Annual
Pace University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Korcz,
L. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2006,
May). Writing strategies for relationships:
Perspective-taking and the writing paradigm.
Poster presented at the 14th Annual Pace
University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Raines,
A. J. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2006,
May). The roles of self-concept clarity and self-esteem on relationship
satisfaction and
commitment.
Poster presented at the 14th Annual Pace University
Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY.
Raines,
A. J. MU,
Nardone, N. MU, & Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2006, May). Writing strategies to improve
the self. Paper presented at
the 14th Annual Pace
University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Scarponi, T. MU, & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2006, May).
Not all break-ups are created
equal: A longitudinal study of dissolution outcomes.
Poster presented at the 14th Annual Pace
University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Ackerman, R. A. MU & Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2004). Determining the likelihood of extra-dyadic involvement
experimentally. Paper
presented at the 12th Annual
Pace University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Canberg, L. M. MU & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2004).
Just friends?: Examining the nature of
emotional infidelity. Paper presented
at
the 12th Annual Pace
University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.
DiBenedetto, N. MU, Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Kunak, J. MU
(2004). Break-up can be a good thing: Positive
outcomes of relationship
dissolution.
Paper presented at the 12th Annual Pace University
Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY.
Hampson, R. J. MU & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2004).
Validating a measure of self-understanding. Paper presented at the 12th Annual
Pace University Undergraduate
Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.
Sahner, D. F. MU & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2004).
The importance of self in predicting similarity
across relationship partners.
Paper
presented at the 12th Annual
Pace University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, New York, NY, USA.