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Gül Günaydın Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty Member (216) 483 9318 gulgunaydinsabanciunivedu

Personal Web

http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/gulgunaydin

Jobs

Faculty Member

Education

2013, Ph.D. in Psychology (Social and Personality Psychology Concentration, Minor in Cognitive Science), Cornell University

2002, B.S. in Business Administration, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Areas of Interest

Gul Gunaydin is a Professor of Psychology at Sabanci University. She received her PhD degree from Cornell University in 2013. Her program of research focuses on interpersonal relationships and addresses questions ranging from relationship formation to maintenance to the well-being consequences of relationships. Her research has been published in leading scientific journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Social Psychological and Personality Science. Gul received multiple early career awards from prestigious institutions including the Science Academy of Turkey.

Selçuk, Emre and Aşçıgil, Esra and Günaydın, Gül (2024) "A theoretical analysis and empirical agenda for understanding the socioecology of adult attachment". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2024.2367894

Selçuk, Emre and Günaydın, Gül and Aşçıgil, Esra and Bayraktaroglu, Deniz and Ong, Anthony 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, Vol.126, No.5, 895-912 (SSCI)

Iplikci, Ayşe Büşra and Günaydın, Gül and Selçuk, Emre and Eren, Yavuz and Krasniqi, Lindon (2024) "Does playing cooperative mobile games facilitate social interaction and positive affect in middle childhood?", International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Vol.40, No.7, 1713-1722 (SCI, SSCI)

Vaidis, David C. and Sleegers, Willem W.A. and van Leeuwen, Florian and DeMarree, Kenneth G. and Sætrevik, Bjørn and Ross, Robert M. and Schmidt, Kathleen and Protzko, John and Morvinski, Coby and Ghasemi, Omid and Roberts, Andrew J. and Stone, Jeff and Bran, Alexandre and Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie and Gunsoy, Ceren and Moussaoui, Lisa S. and Smith, Andrew R. and Nugier, Armelle and Fayant, Marie Pierre and Al-Hoorie, Ali H. and Appiah, Obed K. and Arbige, Spencer and Aubert-Teillaud, Benjamin and Bialobrzeska, Olga and Bordel, Stéphanie and Boudjemadi, Valerian and Brohmer, Hilmar and Cabooter, Quinn and Chahir, Mehdi and Chassang, Ianis and Chatard, Armand and Chou, Yu Yang and Chung, Sungeun and Cristea, Mioara and Daga, Joséphine and Depow, Gregory J. and Desrichard, Olivier and Dubrov, Dmitrii and Evans, Thomas R. and Falkowicz, Séverine and Ferreira, Sylvain and Figureau, Tim and Fointiat, Valérie and Friedrich, Théo and Gashkova, Anastasia and Girandola, Fabien and Granjon, Marine and Grigoryev, Dmitry and Günaydın, Gül and Güzel, Şevval and Hazrati, Mahsa and Helmy, Mai and Ikeda, Ayumi and Inzlicht, Michael and Jaubert, Sara and Kasanov, Dauren and Khoddami, Mohammad Mohsen and Kim, Taenyun and Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi and Kodapanakkal, Rabia I. and Kosachenko, Alexandra and Maedge, Kortney and Mahaney, John H. and Martinie, Marie Amélie and Mascheretti, Vitor N. and Matsuda, Yoriko and Mauduy, Maxime and Mauny, Nicolas and Metzen, Armand and Moreno-Bella, Eva and Moya, Miguel and Nadarajah, Kévin and Nejat, Pegah and Norman, Elisabeth and Olcaysoy Okten, Irmak and Özdoğru, Asil A. and Özer, Ceyda and Padial-Rojas, Elena and Pavlov, Yuri G. and Perusquia-Hernandez, Monica and Proost, Dora and Rabinovitch, Aleksandra and Rohmer, Odile and Selçuk, Emre and Sénémeaud, Cécile and Shani, Yaniv and Shmeleva, Elena A. and Simoens, Emmelie and Smith, Kaitlin A. and Somat, Alain and Song, Hayeon and Sonmez, Fatih and Souchet, Lionel and Taylor, John J. and van Beest, Ilja and Van der Linden, Nicolas and Verheyen, Steven and Verschuere, Bruno and Vezirian, Kevin and Vieira, Luc and Wiechert, Sera and Willis, Guillermo B. and Wollast, Robin and Xia, Ji and Yamada, Yuki and Yoshimura, Naoto and Priolo, Daniel (2024) "A multilab replication of the induced-compliance paradigm of cognitive dissonance", Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, Vol.7, No.1 (SCI, SSCI)

Aşçıgil, Esra and Günaydın, Gül and Selçuk, Emre and Sandstrom, Gillian M. and Aydın, Erdal (2023) "Minimal social interactions and life satisfaction: the role of greeting, thanking, and conversing". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506231209793

Selçuk, Emre and Günaydın, Gül (2023) "Responsiveness in cultural-ecological context", Current Opinion in Psychology, Vol.52 (SSCI)

Bayraktaroglu, Deniz and Günaydın, Gül and Selçuk, Emre and Besken, Miri and Karakitapoglu-Aygun, Zahide (2023) "The role of positive relationship events in romantic attachment avoidance", Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol.124, No.5, 958-970 (SSCI)

Yilmaz, Cansu and Selçuk, Emre and Günaydın, Gül and Cingöz-Ulu, Banu and Filiztekin, Alpay and Kent, Oya (2022) "You mean the world to me: the role of residential mobility in centrality of romantic relationships", Social Psychological and Personality Science, Vol.13, No.7, 1151-1162 (SSCI)

Qiu, Judy and Kesebir, Selin and Günaydın, Gül and Selçuk, Emre and Wasti, Arzu S. (2022) "Gender differences in interpersonal trust: disclosure behavior, benevolence sensitivity and workplace implications", Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol.169 (SSCI)

Günaydın, Gül and Selçuk, Emre and Urgancı, Betül and Yalçıntaş, Sümeyra (2021) "Today you care, tomorrow you don't: differential roles of responsiveness variability and average responsiveness in romantic attachment", Social Psychological and Personality Science, Vol.12, No.5, 839-849 (SSCI)

Günaydın, Gül and Öztekin, Hazal and Karabulut, Deniz Hazal and Salman-Engin, Selin (2021) "Minimal social interactions with strangers predict greater subjective well-being", Journal of Happiness Studies, Vol.22, No.4, 1839-1853 (SSCI)

Aran, Özlü and İplikçi, Ayşe Büşra and Selçuk, Emre and Günaydın, Gül (2020) "Türkiye'de anne bakım verme davranışlarındaki farklılıklar ve bu farklılıkların psikolojik stresle ilişkisi: bir doğal gözlem çalışması [Naturally occurring variations in maternal caregiving in Turkey and associations with psychological distress: an observational study]", Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, Vol.35, No.86, 77-94 (SSCI)

Ascigil, Esra and Selçuk, Emre and Günaydın, Gül and Ong, Anthony D. (2020) "Integrating models of marital functioning to understand the mental health consequences of the Great Recession", Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol.37, No.7, 2118-2135 (SSCI)

Ong, Anthony D. and Gardner, Samuel and Urgancı, Betül and Günaydın, Gül and Selçuk, Emre (2020) "Affective reactivity, resting heart rate variability, and marital quality: a 10-year longitudinal study of US adults", Journal of Family Psychology, Vol.34, No.3, 375-382 (SSCI)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

(*student co-author)

Bayraktaroglu, D.*, Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, 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

Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, E., Yilmaz, 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

Tasfiliz, D.*, Selcuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Slatcher, R. B., Corriero, E., & 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

Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, E., & Zayas, V. (2017). Impressions based on a portrait predict, 1-month later, impressions following a live interaction. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 36-44. doi: 10.1177/1948550616662123.

Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, 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.

Selcuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Ong, A. D., & Almeida, D. A. (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.

Gunaydin, G., & DeLong, J. E. (2015). Reverse correlating love: Highly passionate women idealize their partner’s facial appearance. Plos One, 10, e0121094. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121094.

Zayas, V., Gunaydin, G., & Pandey, G. (2013). Persistence: What does research on self-regulation and delay of gratification have to say? [Commentary]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36, 706-707. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13001490.

Selcuk, E., Zayas, V., Gunaydin, G., Hazan, C., & Kross, E. (2012). Mental representations of attachment figures facilitate emotional recovery following upsetting autobiographical memory recall. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 362-378. doi: 10.1037/a0028125.

Gunaydin, G., Zayas, V., Selcuk, 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.

Selcuk, E., Gunaydin, G., Sumer, 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.

Zayas, V., Tabak, J. A., Gunaydin, G., & Robertson, J. M. R. (2009). A social-cognitive model to human behavior offers a more parsimonious account of emotional expressivity [Commentary]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 407-408. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X09990094.

Book Chapters

(*student co-author)

Selcuk, E., Karagobek, B.*, & Gunaydin, G. (2018). Responsiveness as a key predictor of happiness: Mechanisms and unanswered questions. In M. Demir & N. Sumer (Eds.), Close Relationships and Happiness across Cultures (pp. 1-18). New York: Springer.

Zayas, V., Gunaydin, G., & Shoda, Y. (2015). From an unknown other to an attachment figure: How do mental representations change with attachment formation? In V. Zayas & C. Hazan (Eds.), Bases of Adult Attachment: Linking Brain, Mind and Behavior (pp. 157-183). New York: Springer.

Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, E. & Hazan, C. (2013). Finding the one: A process model of human mate selection. In C. Hazan & M. Campa (Eds.), Human Bonding: The Science of Affectional Ties (pp. 103-131). New York: Guilford.

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Turkish

(*student co-author)

Aran, Ö.*, İplikçi, A. B.*, Selçuk, E., & Günaydın, G. (basımda). Türkiye’de anne bakım verme davranışlarındaki bireysel farklılıklar ve annenin psikolojik stresiyle ilişkisi: Bir doğal gözlem çalışması. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi.

Imamoglu, E. O., Günaydin G., & Selçuk E. (2011). Özgün benliğin yordayıcıları olarak kendileşme & ilişkililik: Cinsiyetin & kültürel yönelimlerin ötesinde. Türk Psikoloji Dergisi, 26, 27-43.

Günaydin, G., Selçuk, E., Sumer, N., & Uysal, A. (2005). Ebeveyn & Arkadaşlara Bağlanma Envanteri Kısa Formunun psikometrik açıdan değerlendirilmesi. Türk Psikoloji Yazıları, 8, 13-23.

Selçuk, E., Günaydin, G., Sumer, 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.