Publications
(* attaches to current or former graduate student/mentee co-author; ** attaches to authorships in big-team science projects )
Journal articles
Selçuk, E., Varol, O., Gunaydin, G., Ozden, Z. D.,* & Ergun, T. D.* (in press). From bias to brevity: Balancing coder bias and team size in thin-slice and full-length observations of couple interactions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
Calderon, S., Mac Giolla, E., Ask, K.,…, Selçuk, E.,…, Luke, T. J. (in press). Effects of psychological distance on mental abstraction: A registered report of four tests of construal level theory. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.**
Selçuk, E., Ascigil, E., & Gunaydin, G. (2025). A theoretical analysis and empirical agenda for understanding the socioecology of adult attachment. European Review of Social Psychology, 36, 1-34. doi: 10.1080/10463283.2024.2367894 [download]
Huo, Y. J., Kraus, M. W., Selçuk, E., & Webster, G. D. (2025). Building an inclusive, cumulative, and rigorous science at PSPB: 2025 Editorial Statement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51, 331-334. doi: 10.1177/01461672241313268 [download]
Ascigil, E., Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., Sandstrom, G., & Aydin, E. (2025). Minimal social interactions and life satisfaction: The role of greeting, thanking, and conversing. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16, 202-213. doi: 10.1177/19485506231209793 [download]
Ascigil, E., Ozer, C.*, Soyalan, Z.*, Gunaydin, G., & Selçuk, E. (2025). When close ties falter, do minimal interactions matter? Daily dynamics of social connections and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(8). doi: 10.1007/s10902-025-00971-8 [download]
Ses, O.*, Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., & Ascigil, E. (2025). Sealed with certainty: The role of need for closure in relationship commitment. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42, 2188-2211. doi: 10.1177/026540752513379 [download]
Eastwick, P. W., Sparks, J., Finkel, E. J., Meza, E. M.,…, Selçuk, E.,…, Coles, N. A. (2025). A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference-matching. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128, 123-146. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000524** [download]
Selçuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Ascigil, E., Bayraktaroglu, D.*, & Ong, D. (2024). My partner really gets me: Affective reactivity to partner stress predicts greater relationship quality in new couples. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126, 895-912. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000509 [download]
Vaidis, D. C., Sleegers, W. W.,…, Selçuk, E.,…, Priolo, D. (2024). A multi-lab replication of the induced compliance paradigm of cognitive dissonance. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7. doi: 10.1177/25152459231213375** [download]
İplikci, A. B.*, Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., Eren, Y., & Krasniqi, L. (2024). Does playing cooperative mobile games facilitate social interaction and positive affect in middle childhood? International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 40, 1713-1722. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2022.2150746 [download]
Selçuk, E., & Gunaydin, G. (2023). Responsiveness in cultural-ecological context. Current Opinion in Psychology, 52: 101610. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101610 [download]
Bayraktaroglu, D.*, Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., Besken, M., & Karakitapoglu-Aygun, Z. (2023). The role of positive relationship events in romantic attachment avoidance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 958-970. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000406 [download]
Yilmaz, C.,* Selçuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Cingoz, B., Filiztekin, A., & Kent, O. (2022). You mean the world to me: The role of residential mobility in centrality of romantic relationships. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 1151-1162. doi: 10.1177/19485506211061017 [download]
Qiu, J., Kesebir, S., Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., & Wasti, S. A. (2022). Gender differences in interpersonal trust: Disclosure behavior, benevolence sensitivity and workplace implications. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 169, 104119. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104119 [download]
Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., Urganci, B.*, & Yalcintas, S.* (2021). Today you care, tomorrow you don’t: Differential roles of responsiveness variability and average responsiveness in romantic attachment. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12, 839-849. doi: 10.1177/1948550620944111 [download]
Ascigil, E.*, Selçuk, E., Gunaydin, G., & Ong, A. (2020). Integrating models of marital functioning to understand the mental health consequences of the Great Recession. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 2118-2135. doi: 10.1177/0265407520918938 [download]
Koçak, A.*, Mouratidis, A., Uçanok, Z., Selçuk E., & Davies, P. (2020). Need satisfaction as a mediator of associations between interparental relationship dimensions and autonomy supportive parenting: A weekly diary study. Family Process, 59, 1874-1890. doi: 10.1111/famp.12523 [download]
Ong, A. D., Gardner, S., Urgancı, B.*, Gunaydin, G., & Selçuk, E. (2020). Affective reactivity, resting heart rate variability, and marital quality: A 10-year longitudinal study of U.S. adults. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 375-382. doi: 10.1037/fam0000591 [download]
Bayraktaroglu, D.*, Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., & Ong, A. D. (2019). A daily diary investigation of the link between television watching and positive affect. Journal of Happiness Studies, 20,1089-1101. doi: 10.1007/s10902-018-9989-8 [download]
Stanton, S. C. E., Selçuk, E., Farrell, A. K., Slatcher, R. B., & Ong, A. D. (2019). Perceived partner responsiveness, daily negative affect reactivity, and all-cause mortality: A 20-year longitudinal study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 81, 7-15. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000618 [download]
Fu, Y., Selçuk, E., Moore, S. R., & Depue, R. A. (2018). Touch-induced face conditioning is mediated by genetic variation in opioid but not oxytocin receptors. Scientific Reports, 8:9004. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27199-2 [download]
Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., Yılmaz, C.*, & Hazan, C. (2018). I have, therefore I love: Status quo preference in mate choice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 589-600. doi: 10.1177/0146167217746339 [download]
Taşfiliz, D.*, Selçuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Slatcher, R. B., Corriero, E. F., & Ong, A. D. (2018). Patterns of perceived partner responsiveness and well-being in Japan and the United States. Journal of Family Psychology, 32, 355-365. doi: 10.1037/fam0000378 [download]
Gillath, O., Karantzas, G., & Selçuk, E. (2017). A net of friends: Investigating friendship by integrating attachment theory and social network analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 1546-1565. doi: 10.1177/0146167217719731. [download]
Slatcher, R. B., & Selçuk, E. (2017). A social psychological perspective on the links between close relationships and health. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26, 16-21. doi: 10.1177/0963721416667444.
Selçuk, E., Stanton, S. C., Slatcher, R. B., & Ong, A. D. (2017). Perceived partner responsiveness predicts better sleep quality through lower anxiety. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 83-92. doi: 10.1177/1948550616662128.
Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., & Zayas, V. (2017). Impressions based on a portrait predict, one-month later, impressions following a live interaction. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 36-44. doi: 10.1177/1948550616662123.
Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., & Ong, A. D. (2016). Trait reappraisal predicts affective reactivity to daily positive and negative events. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1000. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01000.
Selçuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Ong, A. D., & Almeida, D. M. (2016). Does partner responsiveness predict hedonic and eudaimonic well-being? A 10-year longitudinal study. Journal of Marriage and Family, 78, 311-325. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12272.
Slatcher, R., Selçuk, E., & Ong, A. D. (2015). Perceived partner responsiveness predicts diurnal cortisol profiles 10 years later. Psychological Science, 26, 972-982. doi: 10.1177/0956797615575022.
Selçuk, E., & Ong, A. D. (2013). Perceived partner responsiveness moderates the association between received emotional support and all-cause mortality. Health Psychology, 32, 231-235. doi: 10.1037/a0028276.
Selçuk, E., Zayas, V., Gunaydin, G., Hazan, C., & Kross. E. (2012). Mental representations of attachment figures facilitate recovery following upsetting autobiographical memory recall. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 362-378. doi: 10.1037/a0028125.
Gunaydin, G., Zayas, V., Selçuk, E., & Hazan, C. (2012). I like you but I don’t know why: Objective facial resemblance to significant others influences snap judgments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 350-353. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.06.001.
Gillath, O., Johnson, D. K., Selçuk, E., & Teel, C. (2011). Comparing old and young adults as they cope with life transitions: The links between social network management skills and attachment style to depression.Clinical Gerontologist, 34, 251-265. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2011.554345.
Gillath, O., Landau, M., Selçuk, E., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2011). Effects of low survivability cues and participant sex on physiological and behavioral responses to sexual stimuli. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1219-1224. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.05.003.
Selçuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Sümer, N., Harma, M., Salman, S., Hazan, C., Dogruyol, B., & Ozturk, A. (2010). Self-reported romantic attachment style predicts everyday maternal caregiving behavior at home. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 544-549. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.05.007.
Selçuk, E., Zayas, V., & Hazan, C. (2010). Beyond satisfaction: The role of attachment in marital functioning. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 2, 258-279. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-2589.2010.00061.x.
Gillath, O., Selçuk, E., & Shaver, P. (2008). Moving toward a secure attachment style: Can repeated security priming help? Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 1651-1666. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00120.x.
Book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and association newsletters
Selçuk, E. (2020). Research spotlight. International Association for Relationship Research News, 19 (3). [download]
Selçuk, E., Karagöbek, A. B.*, & Gunaydin, G. (2018). Responsiveness as a key predictor of happiness: Mechanisms and unanswered questions. In M. Demir & N. Sümer (Eds.), Close relationships and happiness (pp. 1-18). New York, NY: Springer. [download]
İmamoğlu, E. O., & Selcuk, E. (2018). Cultural and self-related considerations in relationship well-being: With particular reference to marriage in Turkey. In C. C. Weisfeld, G. E. Weisfeld, & L. Dillon (Eds.), Psychology of marriage: An evolutionary and cross-cultural view (pp. 89-106). New York, NY: Lexington. [download]
Hazan, C., & Selçuk, E. (2015). Normative processes in romantic attachment. In V. Zayas & C. Hazan (Eds.),Bases of adult attachment: Linking brain, mind and behavior (pp. 3-8). New York: Springer.
Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., & Hazan, C. (2013). Finding the one: A process model of mate selection. In C. Hazan & M. Campa (Eds.), Human bonding: The science of affectional ties (pp. 103-131). New York: Guilford Publications.
Zayas, V., & Selçuk, E. (2013). What do implicit processes tell us about romantic attachment? Association for Psychological Science Observer, 26, 19-22.
Selçuk, E., & Gillath, O. (2009). Attachment. In R. E. Ingram (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of depression (pp. 32-37). New York: Springer.
Publications in Turkish
Aran, Ö.*, İplikçi, A. B.*, Selçuk, E., & Günaydın, G. (2020). Türkiye’de anne bakım verme davranışlarındaki bireysel farklılıklar ve annenin psikolojik stresiyle ilişkisi: Bir doğal gözlem çalışması. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 35, 77-94. [download]
Taşfiliz, D.*, Sağel Çetiner, E.*, & Selçuk, E. (2020). Yakın ilişkilerde algılanan duyarlılığın yaş farklılıkları ve psikolojik esenlik ile ilişkisi. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 19-39. [download]
Gök, A. C.*, Selçuk, E., & Gençöz, T. (2018). Olumlu ve olumsuz duygulanımın tekrarlanan ölçümlerde kişi-içi güvenilirliği. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 33, 53-64. [download]
İmamoğlu, E. O., Gunaydin G., & Selçuk E. (2011). Özgün benliğin yordayıcıları olarak kendileşme ve ilişkililik: Cinsiyetin ve kültürel yönelimlerin ötesinde. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 26, 27-43.
Sümer, N., Ünal, S., Selçuk, E., Kaya, B., Polat, R., & Cekem, B. (2009). Bağlanma ve psikopatoloji: Bağlanma boyutlarının depresyon, panik bozukluk ve obsesif -kompulsif bozuklukla ilişkisi. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 24, 38-45.
Gunaydin, G., Selçuk, E., Sümer, N., & Uysal, A. (2005). Ebeveyn ve Arkadaşlara Bağlanma Envanteri Kısa Formunun psikometrik açıdan değerlendirilmesi. Türk Psikoloji Yazıları, 8, 13-23.
Selçuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Sümer, N., & Uysal, A. (2005). Yetişkin bağlanma boyutları için yeni bir ölçüm: Yakın ilişkilerde yaşantılar envanteri-II’nin Türk örnekleminde psikometrik açıdan değerlendirilmesi. Türk Psikoloji Yazıları, 8, 1-11.