Vice Dean
2013, Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, Cornell University, United States
2010, M.A., Developmental Psychology, Cornell University, United States
2003, B.S., Business Administration, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Attachment, close relationships, happiness, interpersonal relations, marriage, mate selection, relationship formation, responsiveness, social interactions, social psychology, well-being
(* student co-author)
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Bayraktaroğlu, D.*, Günaydın, 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
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
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. Nature Scientific Reports, 8:9004. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-27199-2
Günaydın, 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
Taşfiliz, D.*, Selçuk, E., Günaydın, 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
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
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
Günaydın, 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
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., Günaydın, 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
Günaydın, 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
Slatcher, S. B., 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., Günaydın, 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
Günaydın, 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., Günaydın, G., Sümer, N., Harma, M., Salman, S., Hazan, C., Doğruyol, B., & Öztürk, 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 Popular Press
Selçuk, E., Karagöbek, A. B.*, & Günaydın, 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
İmamoğlu, E. O., & Selçuk, 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.
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.
Günaydın, 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
Gök, A. C.*, Selçuk, E., & Gençöz, T. (2018). Olumlu ve olumsuz duygulanımın tekrarlanan ölçümlerde kişi-içi güvenilirliği. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 33, 53-64.
İmamoğlu, E. O., Günaydın 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.
Selçuk, E., Günaydın, 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.
Günaydın, G., Selçuk, E., Sümer, N., & Uysal, A. (2005). Ebeveyn ve Arkadaşlara Bağlanma Envanteri Kısa Formunun psikometrik açıdan değerlendirilmesi. Türk Psikoloji Yazıları, 8, 13-23.