Publications

Below is a selection of manuscripts and chapters published by our lab members organized by theme.

Review Articles and Chapters

Uskul, A.K., Cross, S.E., & Günsoy, C. (2023). The role of honor in intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup processes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Mendonca, S. E., Demaske, A., Sims, E., & Jayawickreme, E. (2022). Assessing posttraumatic growth. In Ruch, W., Bakker, A.B., Tay, L., & Gander, F. (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology Assessment. Boston, MA: Hogrefe Publishing Corporation.

Uskul, A. K., Cross, S. E., Günsoy, C., & Gül, P. (2016). Cultures of honor. In S. Kitayama & D. Cohen (Eds.), Handbook of cultural psychology (2nd Edition). New York: Guilford.

Cultural Differences in Responses to Conflict 

Lun, V., Smith, P., Grigoryan, L., …., Günsoy, C.,…..(2023). Need for approval from others and face concerns as predictors of interpersonal conflict outcome in 29 cultural groups. International Journal of Psychology.

Günsoy, C., Cross, S. E., Castillo, V.A., Uskul, A.K., Wasti, S.A., Salter, P. S., Carter-Sowell, A., Yegin, A., Erdas, K.D., Crist, J.D., Perez, M.J., & Gul, P. (2023). Goal derailment and goal persistence in response to honor threats. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Günsoy, C., Joo, M., Cross, S. E., Uskul, A.K., Gul, P., Wasti, S.A., Salter, P., Haugen, A., Erdas, K.D., & Yegin, A. (2020). The influence of honor threats on goal delay and goal derailment: A comparison of Turkey, Southern US, and Northern US. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88, 103974.

Günsoy, C. (2019). Rude bosses versus rude subordinates: How we respond to them depends on our cultural background. International Journal of Conflict Management.

Günsoy, C., Cross, S. E., Uskul, A. K., & Gercek-Swing, B. (2019). The role of culture in appraisals, emotions, and helplessness in response to threats. International Journal of Psychology, 55, 472-477.

Günsoy, C., Cross, S. E., Adams, G., Uskul, A. K., & Gercek-Swing, B. (2015). Avoid or fight back? Cultural differences in responses to conflict and the role of interdependence, honor, and enemy perception. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 1081 – 1102.

Uskul, A. K., Cross, S., Günsoy, C., Gercek-Swing, B., Alözkan, C., Cohen, D., & Ataca, B(2015). A price to pay: Turkish and Northern American retaliation for threats to personal and family honor. Aggressive Behavior, 41, 594 – 607.

Uskul, A. K., Cross, S., Alözkan, C., Gercek-Swing, B., Ataca, B., Günsoy, C., & Sunbay Z. (2014). Emotional responses to honor situations in Turkey and the northern USA. Cognition and Emotion, 28, 1057 – 1075.

Culture, Self-expression, & Impression Formation

Günsoy, C. & Olcaysoy Okten, I. (2022). Inferring goals and traits from behaviors: The role of culture, self-   construal, and thinking style. Social Cognition, 40, 217-244.

Günsoy, C., Olcaysoy Okten, I., Cross, S.E., & Sarıbay, S. A. (2020). Cultural differences in self-expression on Facebook: A comparison of Facebook status updates in Turkey and the U.S.A. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 36, 1775-1782.

Günsoy, C., Cross, S. E., Sarıbay, A., Olcaysoy Okten, I., & Kurutaş, M. (2015). Would you post that picture and let your dad see it? Culture, honor, and Facebook. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 323 – 335.

Culture & Well-being

Demaske, A., Blackie, L.E.R, Jayawickreme, N., & Jayawickreme, E. (2021). Examining the functional utility of personal growth initiative in a war-affected Sri Lankan Tamil sample. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 12, 215-224.

Joo, M., Lam, B.P., Cross,. S.E., Chen, S.X., Lau, V.C.Y., Ng, H.K.Y., &, Günsoy, C. (2022). Cross-cultural perspectives on self-changes in close relationships: Evidence from China and the U.S. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, 1118-1133.

Smith, P.B., Easterbrook, M.J., al-Selim, H., …, Günsoy, C., …. (2020). Sex differences in self-construal and in depressive symptoms: Predictors of cross-national variation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51, 616-635.