Close Relationship Research Lab: Student Scholarship
Dr.
Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.
Monmouth
University
Student Grant Funding
MU Monmouth University Undergraduate
Student
** Faculty
Supervisor
Stephan, J. MU,
& Lewandowski, G. W., Jr.** (January 2009-October 2009). Call me: The influence of ego depletion on relationship initiation.
Psi Chi: Undergraduate Research Grant.
(Award Amount: 900.00).
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
*** Haverford
College Student
Le, B.,
Loving, T. J., Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., Feinberg, E. G.***, Johnson, K. C.***, Fiorentino, R.***, & Ing, J.***
(2008).
Missing a romantic partner: A
prototype analysis. Personal
Relationships, 15, 511-532.
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
Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., Cahill, K. A. MU, VanderDrift,
L. E., & Agnew, C. R. (2009, February). On
the path to infidelity: Self-expansion
and increased attention to alternatives. Poster presented at the
2009 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in Tampa, FL.
Le,
B., Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., Mattingly, B., Korn, M.
S., & Evans, K. MU (2009, February). Self-expansion and closeness in predicting
infidelity in romantic relationships Poster presented at the
2009 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference in Tampa, FL.
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.