Vita, Nancy Frye
Nancy E. Frye

Department of Psychology
C.W. Post Campus, LIU
720 Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY 11548-1300
516-299-4290
nancy.frye@liu.edu

Education  Academic Appointments  Awards  Academic Publications 
Conference Symposia  Conference Paper Presentations 
Conference Poster Presentations  Invited Presentations  Professional Publications  Reviewing and Editorial Service  Professional Affiliations 


Education     Return to top
BA     New College, Psychology, 1996
MSTexas Tech University, Human Development and Family Studies, 1998
PhDUniversity of Florida, Social Psychology, 2002


Academic Appointments     Return to top
2002-present     Assistant Professor, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University


Awards     Return to top
1997-1998   Vernon and Elizabeth Haggerton Scholarship, Texas Tech University
1998-2001Grinter Fellowship, University of Florida
1998-2002Student Government Travel Grant, University of Florida
2000, 2002International Conference on Personal Relationships Scholarship
2003Honorable mention, Templeton's Seligman Award for Outstanding Dissertation


Academic Publications     Return to top
   Feng, D., Giarrusso, R., Bengtson, V.L., & Frye, N.E. (1999). Intergenerational transmission of marital quality and marital instability. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61, 451-464.

   Karney, B.R., McNulty, J.K., & Frye, N.E. (2001). A social-cognitive perspective on the maintenance and deterioration of relationship satisfaction. In J.H. Harvey & A.E. Wenzel (Eds.), Close romantic relationships: Maintenance and enhancement (pp. 195-214). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

   Karney, B.R., & Frye, N.E. (2002). "But we've been getting better lately": Comparing prospective and retrospective views of relationship development. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 222-238.

   Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2002). Being better or getting better? Social and temporal comparisons as coping mechanisms in close relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1287-1299.

   Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2004). Revision in memories of relationship development: Do biases persist over time? Personal Relationships, 11, 79-98.

   Giacobbi, P.R., Jr., Hausenblas, H.A., & Frye, N.E. (2005). A naturalistic assessment of the relationship between personality, daily life events, leisure-time exercise, and mood. Psychology of Sports and Exercise, 6, 67-81.

   Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2006). The Context of Aggressive Behavior in Marriage: A Longitudinal Study of Newlyweds. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 12-20.

   Giacobbi, P. R., Jr., Hardin, B., Frye, N., Hausenblas, H. A., Sears, S., & Stegelin, A. (2006). A multi-level examination of personality, exercise, and daily life events for individuals with physical disabilities. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 23, 129-147.

   Frye, N.E. (2006). Relationship problems and physical aggression: The moderating role of temporal comparison. Personal Relationships, 13, 303-315.

   Giacobbi, P.R., Jr., Tuccitto, D.E., & Frye, N.E. (2007). Exercise, affect, and university students’ appraisals of academic events prior to the final examination period. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 261-274

   Frye, N.E., McNulty, J.K., & Karney, B.R. (2008). How do constraints on leaving a marriage affect behavior within the marriage? Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 153-161.

   Frye, N.E., & Dornisch, M.M. (2008). Teacher technology use and student evaluations: The moderating role of content area. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 36, 319-333.


Conference Symposia     Return to top
   Frye, N.E. (1999, August, Chair) Conducting research via the Internet. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

   Harman, J., & Frye, N.E. (2006, July, Chairs) Context and aggression: Predicting use of and responses to relationship aggression. Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association of Relationship Researchers, Rethymnon, Greece.


Conference Paper Presentations     Return to top
   Frye, N.E. (1996, April) Categories of spouse abuse as measured by self-report and reaction time in a lexical decision task. Presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Asheville, North Carolina.

   Frye, N.E. (1999, August) Internet demographics and participant recruitment. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

   Karney, B.R., & Frye, N.E. (2001, February) Temporal comparison and memory bias in close relationships. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas.

   Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2001, June) Being better or getting better? Social and temporal comparisons as coping mechanisms in close relationships. Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Phoenix, AZ.

   Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2002, July) Changes in memories of marital satisfaction over time. Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

   Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2003, February) Memory Revision in Romantic Relationships: Riding the Wave of Improvement. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, California.

   Giacobbi, P. R., Jr., Hardin, B., Frye, N., Stegelin, A., Hausenblas, H. A., & Sears, S. (2003, June). A naturalistic assessment of the relationship between personality, daily life events, leisure-time physical activity, and mood with physically disabled individuals. Presented at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. Savannah, Georgia.

   Giacobbi, Jr., P., Hausenblas, H., Frye, N.E., Wetherington, J. (2003, August) The relationship between personality, life events, leisure-time physical activity, and mood: A daily diary study. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

   Frye, N.E., *Deutsch, V., Neff, L.A., & Karney, B.R. (2004, July) Stress and aggression among newlyweds: The importance of relationship context. To be presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association of Relationships Researchers, Madison, Wisconsin.

   Giacobbi, P. R. Jr., Frye, N., & Tuccitto, D. (2004, October). Exercise, affect, and coping with academic demands. A paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Society of Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

   Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2006, July). Physical characteristics and physical aggression: The role of height in relationship aggression. Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association of Relationship Researchers, Rethymnon, Greece.

   Dornisch, M., & Frye, N.E. (2007, March). Teachers' technology comfort and perceived competence: The moderating roles of student gender, teacher gender, and subject area. Presented at the Gender and Education Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

   Grosskopf, A., & Frye, N.E. (2007, September). Disentangling support for government institutions: The role of attributions of causal and resolution responsibility. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Association.

   Dornisch, M.M., & Frye, N.E. (2008, July). The Digital Divide: Teacher Technology Comfort and Evaluation. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Educational Computing Conference, San Antonio, TX.

   Frye, N.E., & Dornisch, M.M. (2008, July). “What’chu talkin’ about?” (and how are you talking about it?): Self-disclosure over instant messenger and other new communication tools. Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association of Relationship Research, Providence, RI.

Conference Poster Presentations     Return to top
   Frye, N.E., & Feng, D. (1998, August) Parental approval and marital satisfaction. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California.

   Frye, N.E., Crawford, D., & Feng, D. (1998, November) Attributions of Responsibility and Intended Social Support Provision. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Athens, GA.

    Frye, N.E., & Karney, B. I Want to Stay (and I Can’t Leave). (1999, June) Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Network on Personal Relationships, Louisville, KY.

    Frye, N.E., Rychener, S., Fitzpatrick, J., & Crawford, D. (2000, March). Participation in online social research: Demographic characteristics and means of recruitment. Presented at CSS 2000 Online Conference.

    Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2000, February) Satisfaction and constraint: Commitment sources and relationship maintenance behavior. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Nashville, Tennessee.

    Frye, N.E., Fitzpatrick, J., Rychener, S., McCourt, A., & Miller, B. (2000, June) The role of seeking partners in romantic relationships. Presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships, Brisbane, Australia.

    Frye, N.E., Rychener, S., Fitzpatrick, J., McCourt, A., & Miller, B. (2001, February) Informing family members about romantic relationships. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas

    Frye, N.E., & Karney, B.R. (2002, February) Being better or getting better? Social and temporal comparisons as coping mechanisms in close relationships. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, Georgia.

    *Didonato, J., *Abroff, S., & Frye, N.E. (2003, September) Let’s talk about "us": Spontaneous relationship descriptions and survey responses. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greensboro, NC.

    Frye, N.E., *Deutsch, V., Neff, L.A., & Karney, B.R. (2004, January) External stress and aggression in the early years of marriage: The importance of relationship context. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas.

    Giacobbi, P. R., Jr., Frye, N., Tuccitto, D., & Martindale, L. (2004, June). A test of the transactional model of stress and coping. Does exercise mediate stress and coping reactions? Presented at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. Vancouver, British Columbia.

   *Deutsch, V., Frye, N.E., Matin, E., & Rossi, G. (2004, May) "It’s not you, it’s me": Associations between cognitive factors and physical/sexual aggression in common couple violence. To be presented at Long Island Psychology Conference, Oakdale, NY.

    Frye, N.E. (2005, January). Relationship problems and physical aggression: The moderating role of temporal comparison. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Frye, N.E., & McNulty, J.K. (2006, January). "I can't leave, but neither can you": Constraint and aggression marriage. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, California.

    *Funfgeld, K., & Frye, N.E. (2006, March). Satisfaction and relationship length among dating partners. Presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

    *Costa, A., & Frye, N.E. (2006, March). Perception of doctors and the utilization of healthcare. Presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.

    *Springle, T., & Frye, N.E. (2006, April). The perception of improvement and satisfaction in relationships. Presented at the annual Long Island Psychology Conference, Hempstead, New York.

    Frye, N.E. (2007, January). “I’m happiest on the days he brings me flowers”: The covariation between daily behaviors and satisfaction among aggressive and non- aggressive partners. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, Tennessee.

    Frye, N.E. (2008, February). Problem severity and attention: The moderating roles of satisfaction and constraints. Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Frye, N.E., & Dornisch, M.M. (2008, March). Self-disclosure in the 21st century: The role of privacy concerns and experience with technology. Presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.


Invited Presentations     Return to top
    Frye, N.E. (1999, October) Deconstructing commitment: The unique and interactive effects of satisfaction and constraint. Department of Psychology, University of Florida.

   Frye, N.E. (2001, January) Being better or getting better? Social and temporal comparisons as coping mechanisms in close relationships. Department of Psychology, University of Florida.

    Frye, N.E. (2004, June) Perceptions of change: The role of temporal comparison in marriage. Meeting of Emerging Relationships Researchers, Highland Beach, Florida.

   Neff, L.A., & Frye, N.E. (2005, June) Starting and maintaining a longitudinal study. Meeting of Emerging Relationship Researchers, Breckenridge, Colorado.


Professional Publications     Return to top
   Frye, N.E., Robinson, C., & Wicker, J. (1995). Astronomica Encyclopedia [In Astronomica: The quest for the end of the universe]. Sarasota: Hyper-Quest.


Ad Hoc Reviewer     Return to top
Group Dynamics
Personal Relationships
Psychological Assessment
Journal of Family Issues
Experimental Aging Research
National Healthy Marriage Resource Center
Self and Identity
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Editorial Board
Personal Relationships

Grant Reviewer
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada


Professional Affiliations     Return to top
Americal Psychological Association
International Association of Relationships Research
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Southeastern Society of Social Psychology
National Council on Family Relations
Emerging Relationships Researchers
American Psychological Society


*Indicates student co-author

Revised July 23, 2008