Associate Professor, Applied Core Faculty

Office: Psychology, A355
Phone: 848-445-3989
Email: fagley@rci.rutgers.edu

Research Interests and Clinical Work:

Effects of problem framing on choice; judgment and decision making; appreciation, gratitude, and well being

Statistical methods and design analysis

Advanced statistics and research design

Judgment and decision making in organizational psychology

Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior

Nancy S. Fagley’s  research focuses on two areas: decision making and positive psychology. In the area of decision making, her research focuses on identifying moderators of the effect of framing on choice. To date, she has identified task, scenario, and individual difference variables that moderate the occurrence of framing effects on risky choices. In the area of positive psychology, her research focuses on appreciation and its relation to well being.In collaboration with one of her doctoral students, she developed and validated an instrument to measure individual differences in appreciativeness and demonstrated that appreciativeness significantly contributes to positive affect and life satisfaction, even after controlling for individual differences in dispositional optimism. She also demonstrated that appreciation makes a significant contribution to life satisfaction and social support even after controlling for individual differences in the Big 5 personality traits and trait gratitude. Dr. Fagley has served on the editorial board of Journal of Applied School Psychology and as a reviewer for a number of scholarly journals including Psychological Bulletin, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Personality and Individual Differences, and Psychological Science.

Fagley, N. S. (2012).Appreciation uniquely predicts life satisfaction above demographics, the Big 5 personality factors, and gratitude. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 59-63.       

Fagley, N. S., & Adler, M. G. (2012) Appreciation: A Spiritual Path to Finding Value and Meaning in the Workplace. Invited paper, Journal of Management, Spirituality, and Religion, 9, 167-187.

Fagley, N. S.,Coleman, J. G., & Simon, A. (2010). Effects of Framing, Perspective Taking,and Perspective (Affective Focus) on Choice. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 264-269.

Miller, P. M., Fagley, N. S., & Casella, N. E.  (2009). Effects of Problem Frame and Gender on Principals' Decision Making.  Social Psychology of Education, 12, 397-413.

Adler, M. G., & Fagley, N. S.  (2005). Appreciation:Individual differences in finding value and meaning as a unique predictor of subjective well being.  Journal of Personality, 73: (1), 79-114.

Simon, A. F., Fagley,N. S., & Halleran, J. G.  (2004). Decision framing: Moderating effects of individual differences and cognitive processing.  Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 17,77-93.

Fagley, N.S. & Miller,P.M.  (1997). Framing Effects and Arenas of Choice: Your Money or Your Life?  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 71, 355-373.

Fagley, N.S.  (1993). A note concerning reflection effects versus framing effects.  Psychological Bulletin, 113, 451-452.