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Research Interests

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Positive relationship processes including:

1. Religion/Prayer
   
2. Gratitude

Self-regulation issues in relationships including:

1. Infidelity/Pornography
   
2. Intimate Partner Violence

Measures

1. Faith Activities in the Home Scale (FAITHS)
2. Expression of Gratitude in Relationships Measure
3. Prayer for Partner Measure

Peer-Reviewed Publications  

      In Press  

Lambert, N. M., Baumeister, R. F., Stillman, T. F., & Fincham, F. D. (in press). Family and meaning: Examining the four needs for meaning as mediators. The International Journal of Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy. (pdf)

Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., DeWall, C. N., Pond, R. S., & Beach, S. R. H. (in press). Shifting toward cooperative goals: How partner-focused prayer transforms motivation. Personal Relationships. (pdf)

Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., & Stanley, S. (in press). Prayer increases satisfaction with sacrifice in close relationships. Journal of  Personal and Social Relationships. (pdf)

Lambert, N. M., Gwinn, A. M., Baumeister, R. F., Fincham, F. D., Gable, S. L., Strachman, A., & Washburn, I. J. (in press). A boost of positive affect: The perks of sharing positive experiences and grateful experiences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. (pdf)

Lambert, N. M., Negash, S., Stillman, T. F., Olmstead, S. B., & Fincham, F. D. (in press). A love that doesn’t last: Pornography consumption weakens commitment to a romantic partner. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. (pdf)

Baker, L. R., McNulty, J., Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D. (in press). How do relationship maintenance behaviors affect individual well-being? A contextual perspective. Social Psychological and Personality Science.(pdf)

Cobb R. A., DeWall, C. N., Lambert, N. M., & Fincham, F. D. Implicit theories of relationships and close relationship violence: Does believing your relationship can grow relate to lower perpetration of violence? (in press). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. (pdf)

Dean, L. R., Joo, S. H., Gudmunson, C.G., Fischer, J.L., & Lambert, N. M. (in press).  Debt begets debt:  Examining negative credit card behaviors and other forms of consumer debt.  Journal of Financial Services Professionals. (pdf)

DeWall, C. N., Lambert, N. M., Pond, R. S. Kashdan, T. B., & Fincham, F. D. (in press). A grateful heart is a nonviolent heart: Cross-sectional, longitudinal, experience sampling, and experimental evidence. Social Psychological and Personality Science. (pdf)

Gwinn, A. M., Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., & Maner, J. K. (in press). Pornography, Relationship Alternatives, and Intimate Extradyadic Behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science. (pdf)

Eastwick, P. W., Wilkey, B. M., Finkel, E. J., Lambert, N. M., Fitzsimons, G., Brown, P. C., & Fincham, F. D. (in press). Act with authority: Romantic desire at the nexus of power possessed and power perceived. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. (pdf)

Kashdan, T. B., DeWall, C. N., Pond, R. S., Savostyanova, A., Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., & Keller, P. (in press). Curiosity protects against interpersonal aggression: Cross-sectional, daily process, and behavioral evidence. Journal of Personality. (pdf) 

Veldorale-Brogan, A., Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., & Dewall, C. N. (in press). The virtue of problem-solving: perceived relationship virtues as predictors of problem-solving efficacy. Personal Relationships. (pdf) 

Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., LaVallee, D.C., A., & Brantly, C. (2012). Praying together and staying together: Couple prayer and trust. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 4, 1-9. (pdf)


Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., & Stillman, T. F. (2012). Gratitude and depressive symptoms: The role of positive reframing and positive emotion. Cognition and Emotion, 26, 602-614. (pdf)

Lambert, N. M., Negash, S., Stillman, T. F., Olmstead, S. B., & Fincham, F. D. (2012). A love that doesn’t last: Pornography consumption and weakened commitment to a romantic partner. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31, 410-438. (pdf)

Norris, J. I., Lambert, N. M., DeWall, C. N. & Fincham, F. D. (2012). Can’t buy me love? Anxious attachment and materialistic values. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 666-669. (pdf)

Pond, R. S., DeWall, C. N., Lambert, N. M., Deckman, T., Bonser, I., & Fincham, F. D. (2012). Repulsed by violence: Disgust sensitivity buffers trait, behavioral, and daily aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 175-188. (pdf)

Pond, R. S., Kashdan, T. B., DeWall, C. N., Savostyanova, A., Lambert, N. M., & Fincham, F. D. (2012). Emotion differentiation moderates aggressive tendencies in angry people: A daily diary analysis. Emotion, 12, 326-337. (pdf)

Slotter, E. B. Finkel, E. J., Dewall, C. N., Pond, R. S., Lambert, N. M., Bodenhausen, G. V., & Fincham, F.D. (2012). Putting the brakes on aggression toward a romantic partner: The inhibitory influence of relationship commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 291-305. (pdf)

Stillman, T. F., Fincham, F. D., Voss, K. D., Lambert, N. M., & Phillips, C. A. (2012). The material and immaterial in conflict: Spirituality reduces conspicuous consumption. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 102, 291-305. (pdf)

2011


Lambert, N. M. & Fincham, F. D. (2011). Expressing gratitude to a partner leads to more relationship maintenance behavior. Emotion, 11, 52-60. (pdf)


Lambert, N. M., Graham, S. M., & Fincham, F. D. (2011). Understanding the layperson’s perception of prayer: A prototype analysis of prayer. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 3, 55-65. (pdf)

Lambert, N. M., Gwinn, A. M., Fincham, F. D., & Stillman, T. F. (2011). Feeling tired? How sharing positive experiences can boost vitality. International Journal of Wellbeing, 1(3), 307-314. (pdf)

DeWall, C.N., Lambert, N.M., Slotter, E.B., Pond, R.S., Deckman. T. Finkel, E.J., Luchies, L.B. & Fincham. F.D. (2011). So far away from one’s partner, yet so close to romantic alternatives: Avoidant attachment, interest in alternatives, and infidelity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 1302-1316. (pdf)

Stillman, T. F., Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (2011). Meaning as magnetic force: Evidence that meaning in life promotes interpersonal appeal. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 13-20. (pdf)

2010

 Lambert, N. M., Clarke, M. S., Durtschi, J. A., Fincham, F. D., & Graham, S. M. (2010). Benefits of expressing gratitude: Expressing gratitude to a partner changes one's view of the relationship. Psychological Science, 21, 574-580. (pdf)

Lambert, N. M., & Dollahite, D. C. (2010). Development of the Faith Activities in the Home Scale (FAITHS). Journal of Family Issues, 31, 1442-1464. (pdf)


Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., Stillman, T. F., Graham, S. M., & Beach, S. R. H. (2010). Motivating change in relationships: Can prayer increase forgiveness? Psychological Science, 21, 126-132.  (pdf)
 
Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., Marks, L. D., Stillman, & T. F. (2010). Invocations and intoxication: Does prayer decrease alcohol consumption? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 24, 209-219. (pdf)
 
Lambert, N. M., Stillman, T. F., Baumeister, R. F., Fincham, F. R., Hicks, J. A., & Graham, S. M. (2010). Family as a salient source of meaning in young adulthood. Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 367 – 376. (pdf)


Braithwaite, S., Lambert, N., Fincham, F.D. & Pasley, K. (2010). Does college -based relationship education decrease extradyadic involvement in relationships? Journal of Family Psychology, 24, 740-745. (pdf)


DeWall, C. N., Buckner, J. D., Lambert, N. M., Cohen, A. S., & Fincham, F. D. (2010). Bracing for the worst, but behaving the best: Social anxiety, hostility, and behavioral aggression. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 260-268. (pdf)


Fincham, F. D., Lambert, N. M., & Beach, S. R. H. (2010). Faith and unfaithfulness: Can praying for your partner reduce infidelity? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 649-659. ( pdf)


Stillman, T. F., Baumeister, R. F., Vohs, K. D., Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., & Brewer, L. E. (2010). Personal philosophy and personnel achievement: Belief in free will predicts better job performance. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 43-50.  (pdf)


2009

Braithwaite, S., Fincham, F., Lambert, N. M. (2009). Hurt and psychological health in close relationships. In A. Vangelisti (Ed.), Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pdf)


Lambert, N. M., Graham, S. M., Fincham, F. D., & Stillman, T. F. (2009). A changed perspective: How gratitude can affect sense of coherence through positive reframing. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 461-470.  (pdf)

Stillman, T. F., Baumeister, R. F., Lambert, N. M., Crescioni, W. A., DeWall, C. N., & Fincham, F. D.  Alone and without purpose: Life loses meaning following social exclusion. (2009). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 686-694.  (pdf)
 
Lambert, N. M., Graham, S. M., & Fincham, F. D. (2009). A prototype analysis of gratitude: Varieties of gratitude experiences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1193-1207.   (pdf)
 
Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., Braithwaite, S. R., Graham, S. M., & Beach, S. R. H. (2009). Can prayer increase gratitude? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1, 39-49.  (pdf)
 
Stillman, T. F., Tice, D. M., Fincham, F. D., & Lambert, N. M. (2009). The psychological presence of family improves self-control. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 498-529. (pdf)
 
Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., Stillman, T. F., & Dean, L. (2009). More gratitude, less materialism: The mediating role of life satisfaction. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 32-42. (pdf)

 2008

Fincham, F. D., Beach, S. R. H., Lambert, N. M., Stillman, T. F., & Braithwaite, S. R. (2008). Spiritual behaviors and relationship satisfaction: A critical analysis of the role of prayer. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27, 362-388.  (pdf)
 
Lambert, N. M., & Dollahite, D. C. (2008). The threefold cord: Marital commitment in religious couples. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 592-614. (pdf)

 2007

Dollahite, D. C., & Lambert, N. M. (2007). Forsaking all others: How religious involvement promotes marital fidelity in Christian, Jewish and Muslim couples. Review of Religious Research, 48, 290-307.


 2006

Lambert, N. M., Dollahite, D. C. (2006). How religiosity helps couples prevent, resolve, and overcome marital conflict. Family Relations, 55, 439-449. (pdf)

Books

Lambert, N. M. Publish and Prosper: A Strategy Guide for Researchers (in press). Routledge.

Book Chapters

Lambert, N. M., & Veldorale-Brogan, A. (in press). Gratitude intervention in adolescence and young adulthood. In C. Proctor & A. Linley (Eds.), Positive Psychology: Research, applications and interventions for children and adolescents. Springer Press.

Stillman, T. F. & Lambert, N. M., (in press).  The bidirectional relationship of meaning and belonging. In C. Routledge & J. Hicks (Eds.), The Experience of Meaning in Life: Perspectives from the Psychological Sciences. Springer Press.

Lambert, N. M. (2012). Sanctification and cooperation: How prayer helps strengthen relationships in good times and heal relationships in bad times. In A. Hawkins, D. Dollahite, & T. Draper (Eds.), Successful marriages and families: Proclamation principles and research perspectives (pp. 196-200). Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., Gwinn, A. M., & Ajayi, C. (2011). Positive relationship science: A new frontier for positive psychology? In K. Sheldon, T. Kashdan, & M. Steger (Eds.), Designing the Future of Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward (pp. 265-279). Oxford: Cambridge University Press.

Braithwaite, S., Fincham, F., Lambert, N. M. (2009). Hurt and psychological health in close relationships. In A. Vangelisti (Ed.), Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships (pp. 376-399). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.