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
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Academic Publications Return to top
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 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. (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., 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. (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
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Professional Affiliations Return to top Revised July 23, 2008
BA New College, Psychology, 1996 MS Texas Tech University, Human Development and Family Studies, 1998 PhD University of Florida, Social Psychology, 2002
2002-present Assistant Professor, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University
1997-1998 Vernon and Elizabeth Haggerton Scholarship, Texas Tech University 1998-2001 Grinter Fellowship, University of Florida 1998-2002 Student Government Travel Grant, University of Florida 2000, 2002 International Conference on Personal Relationships Scholarship 2003 Honorable mention, Templeton's Seligman Award for Outstanding Dissertation
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.
Frye, N.E. (1999, August, Chair) Conducting research via the Internet. Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
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., & 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. (1999, October) Deconstructing commitment: The unique and interactive effects of satisfaction and constraint. Department of Psychology,
University of Florida.
Frye, N.E., Robinson, C., & Wicker, J. (1995). Astronomica Encyclopedia [In Astronomica: The quest for the end of the universe].
Sarasota: Hyper-Quest.
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
Personal Relationships
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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