Gul Gunaydın

E-mail : gul.gunaydinsabanciuniv.edu

Education :

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

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

Work Experience :

2013 - 2019

Bilkent University, Department of Psychology

Areas of Interest :

interpersonal relationships, impression formation, attachment, emotion regulation, well-being

Awards :

The Science and Technology Institute of Turkey Incentive Award (TÜBİTAK Teşvik Ödülü) - The Science and Techology Institute of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) 2019

Publications :

Article

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)

Iplikci, Ayşe Büşra and Günaydın, Gül and Selçuk, Emre and Eren, Yavuz and Krasniqi, Lindon (2022) "Does playing cooperative mobile games facilitate social interaction and positive affect in middle childhood?". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2150746

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)

Before SU Publications:

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.