Professor

Department:
Educational Psychology

Counseling

Office Number: 479 FH

Phone/Fax:
(713) 743-9926 , (713) 743-4996  (Fax)

Email: flopez7@uh.edu

Home Page:
http://faculty.coe.uh.edu/flopez

Research Interests:

Dr. Frederick G. Lopez is a Professor in the Counseling Psychology Program. He teaches the doctoral-level proseminar, career development, and advanced counseling theories courses for the Program.

His research interests center around the study of family and other close relationships and their contributions to personality development and adjustment, particularly during late adolescence and young adulthood. He has also conducted research on the development of mathematics self-efficacy among high school and college students. For more information about his ADULT ATTACHMENT RESEARCH TEAM use the link above to visit his home page.

Dr. Lopez is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 17), a former Fulbright Senior Scholar (Portugal), a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and the recipient of the 2004 Outstanding Contribution to Science Award from the Texas Psychological Association and the 2009 Faculty Research Excellence Award from the College of Education. He has also been recognized, in surveys published in The Counseling Psychologist and in the Journal of Counseling & Development, as one of the most cited and productive scholars in counseling psychology.

Recent Publications:

Lopez, F.G. (2009). Adult attachment security: The relational scaffolding of positive psychology. In C.R. Snyder & S.J. Lopez (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology, 2nd Ed. (pp. 405-415). New York: Oxford University Press.

Lopez, F.G.(2009). Clinical correlates of adult attachment organization. In J.H. Obegi & E. Berant (Eds.), Attachment theory and research in clinical work with adults (pp. 94-117). New York: Guilford Press.

Lopez, F.G., & Fons-Scheyd, A. (2008). Role balance and depression among college students: The moderating influence of adult attachment orientations, Journal of College Counseling, 11, 133-146.

Lopez, F.G., Morua, W., & Rice, K.G. (2007). Factor structure, stability, and predictive validity of college students' relationship self-efficacy beliefs. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 40, 80-96.

Mauricio, A.M., Tein, J-Y., & Lopez,F.G. (2007). Borderline and antisocial personality scores as mediators between attachment and intimate partner violence. Violence & Victims,22, 139-157.

Lopez, F.G., Fons-Scheyd, A., Morua, W., & Chaliman, R. (2006). Dyadic perfectionism as a predictor of relationship continuity and distress among college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 543-549.

Lopez, F.G., & Rice, K.G. (2006). Preliminary development and validation of a measure of relationship authenticity. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 362-371.

Lopez, F.G.,& Ann-Yi,S. (2006). Predictors of career indecision in three racial/ethnic groups of college women. Journal of Career Development, 33, 29-46.

Education:

B.A. in English and Psychology, St. Edward's University, 1973.
M.A. in Counseling Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1976.
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1980.