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., & Davila, J. (in press). Longitudinal relations between forgiveness and conflict resolution in marriage. Journal of Family Psychology.

  • Fincham, F.D., Stanley, S., & Beach, S.R.H. (in press).Transformative processes in marriage: An analysis of emerging trends. Journal of Marriage and the Family.
  • 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.
  • Fincham, F.D. & Beach, S.R. (2002). Forgiveness in marriage: Implications for psychological aggression and constructive communication. Personal Relationships, 9, 239-251.
  • Davey, A., Fincham, F.D., Beach, S.R.H., & Brody, G.H. (2001). Attributions in marriage: Examining the entailment model in dyadic context. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 721-734.
  • Fincham, F.D., & Grych, J.H. (2001). Interparental conflict and child development: Theory, research, and applications. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Bradbury, T.N., Fincham, F.D., & Beach, S.R.H. (2000). Research on the nature and determinants of marital satisfaction: A decade in review. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 964-980.
  • Fincham, F.D. (2000). The kiss of the porcupines: From attributing responsibility to forgiving. Personal Relationships, 7, 1-23.
  • Fincham, F.D., & Beach, S.R. (1999). Marital conflict: Implications for working with couples. Annual Review of Psychology, 50, 47-77.
  • Fincham, F.D. (1998). Child development and marital relations. Child Development, 69, 543-574.
  • Fincham, F.D., Beach, S.R., Harold, G.T., & Osborne, L.N. (1997). Marital satisfaction and depression: Different causal relationships for men and women? Psychological Science, 8, 351-357.

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