Frank D. Fincham

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Eminent Scholar, Ph.D., Oxford University, 1980

Office: 310 Longmire

Phone: (850) 644-4914
Email: ffincham@fsu.edu

Statement of Research Interests:

Frank Fincham's interests span clinical, developmental and social psychological perspectives in the study of personal relationships. Research programs have been undertaken on:

  • marriage/partnership, particularly cognitive processes involved in conflict
  • the impact of interparental conflict/divorce on children
  • forgiveness, particularly in family relationships, and
  • substance abuse and the family, particularly the impact of parent training in the treament of paternal alcohol dependence .

A former Rhodes Scholar, Frank has received numerous awards for his research including:

  • President's Award for "distinguished contributions to psychological knowledge" ( British Psychological Society)
  • Berscheid-Hatfield Award for "sustained, substantial, and distinguished contributions to the field of personal relationships" (International Network on Personal Relationships).

His work has placed him among the top 25 psychologists in the world in terms of impact (number of citations per published article).

Recent Representative Publications:

  • Fincham, F.D., & Beach, S.R.H. (in press). Marriage in the new millennium: A decade in review. Journal of Marriage and Family.
  • Lambert, N.M., Clark, M., Durtschi, J., Fincham, F.D., Graham, S. (in press). Benefits of expressing gratitude: Expressing gratitude to a partner changes the expresser’s view of the relationship. Psychological Science.
  • Lambert , N.M., Fincham, F.D., Stillman, T.F., Graham, S.M., & Beach, S.R.M. (in press). Motivating change in relationships: Can prayer increase forgiveness? Psychological Science.
  • Lambert, N.M, Fincham, F.D., Marks, L.D. & Stillman, T.F.(in press).  Invocations and intoxication: Does prayer decrease alcohol consumption? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
  • Owen, J., Rhoades, G., Stanley, S., & Fincham, F.D. (in press). Hooking up: Relationship differences and psychological correlates. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
  • Paleari, F. G, Regalia, C., & Fincham, F.D. (2009). Measuring offence-specific forgiveness in marriage: The Marital Offence-specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS). Psychological assessment, 21, 194-209.
  • Braithwaite, S., & Fincham, F.D. (2009). A randomized clinical trial of a computer based preventive intervention: Replication and extension of ePREP. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 32-38.
  • Hall, J.H., & Fincham, F.D. (2009). Psychological distress: Precursor or consequence of dating infidelity? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 143-59.
  • Lambert, N.L., Graham, S., & Fincham, F.D. (2009). A prototype analysis of gratitude: Varieties of gratitude experiences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1193-1207.
  • Cui, M., Fincham, F.D., & Pasley, B.K. (2008). Young adult romantic relationships: The role of parents' marital problems and relationship efficacy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
  • Fincham, F.D., Cui, M., Braithwaite, S.R., & Pasley, K. (2008). Attitudes towards intimate partner violence in dating relationships. Psychological Assessment, 20, 260-269.
  • Maio, G.R., Thomas, G., Fincham, F.D., & Carnelley, K. (2008). Unraveling the role of forgiveness in family relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 307-319.
  • Fincham, F.D., Beach, S.R.H., & Davila, J. (2007). Longitudinal relations between forgiveness and conflict resolution in marriage. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 542-545.
  • Fincham, F.D., Stanley, S., & Beach, S.R.H. (2007).Transformative processes in marriage: An analysis of emerging trends. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 69, 275-292.
  • Steinberg, S.J., Davila, J. & Fincham, F.D. (2006). Adolescent marital expectations and romantic experiences: Associations with perceptions about parental conflict and adolescent attachment security. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 314-329.
  • Tsang, J., McCullough, M. Fincham, F.D. (2006). Forgiveness and the psychological dimension of reconciliation: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 25, 404-428.
  • Hoyt, W. T., Fincham, F., McCullough, M. E., Maio, G. & Davila, J. (2005). Responses to interpersonal transgressions in families: Forgivingness, forgivability, and relationship-specific effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 375-394.
  • Kachadourian, L.K., Fincham, F.D., & Davila, J. (2005). Attitudinal ambivalence, rumination and forgiveness of partner transgressions in marriage. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 334-342.
  • Fincham, F.D., Beach, S.R., & Davila, J. (2004). Forgiveness and conflict resolution in marriage. Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 72-81.
  • Fals-Stewart, W., Kelley, M. L., Fincham, F. D., Golden, J., & Logsdon, T. (2004). The emotional and behavioral problems of children living with drug-abusing fathers: Comparisons with children living with alcoholic fathers and nonsubstance-abusing fathers. Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 319-330.
  • McCullough, M.E., Fincham, F.D., & Tsang, J. (2003). Forgiveness, forbearance, and time: The temporal unfolding of transgression-related interpersonal motivations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 540-557.
  • Fincham, F.D. (2003). Marital conflict: Correlates, structure and context. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 23-27.

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