2023- in press

Stancato, D., Keltner, D., & Chen, S. (in press). The gap between us: Income inequality reduces social affiliation in dyadic interactions. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin.

Antonoplis, S., & Chen, S. (in press). The devil you know? Maybe not: Four failures to demonstrate that scarcity magnifies preference for familiarity. Meta-Psychology.

2021- 2022

Rosenfeld, D. L., Balcetis, E., Bastian, B., Berkman, E. T., Bosson, J. K., Brannon, T. N., Burrow, A. L., Cameron, C. D., Chen, S., Cook, J. E., Crandall, C. S., Davidai, S., Dhont, K., Eastwick, P. W., Gaither, S. E., Gangestad, S. W., Gilovich, T., Gray, K., Haines, E. L., . . . Tomiyama, A. J. (2022). Psychological science in the wake of COVID-19: Social, methodological, and meta-scientific considerations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17, 311-333.

Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., Chen, S., Goold, A. R., Bilgin, B., Chai, W. J., & Ramis, T. (2022). ‘I have high self-compassion’: A face-valid single-item self-compassion scale for resource-limited research contexts. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29, 1463-1474.

Zerwas, F. K., Tharp, J. A., Chen, S., & Mauss, I. B. (2022). Individual differences in social power: Links with emotion beliefs and emotion regulation. Journal of Personality.

Connor, P., Weeks, M., Glaser, J., Chen, S., & Keltner, D. (2022). Intersectional implicit bias: Evidence for asymmetrically compounding bias and the predominance of target gender. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology.

Connor, P., Varney, J., Keltner, D., & Chen, S. (2021). Social class competence stereotypes are amplified by socially-signalled economic inequality. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 47, 89-105.

Bai, Y., Jin, G., Chen, S., Benet-Martinez, V., Monroy, M., Anderson, C., & Keltner, D. (2021). Awe, daily stress, and elevated life satisfaction. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 120(4), 837–860.

Antonoplis, S., & Chen, S. (2021). Time and class: How socioeconomic status shapes conceptions of the future self. Self & Identity, 20:8, 961-981. [Received 2021 Best Paper Award from Self & Identity]

Johnson, S. L., Swerdlow, B., Tharp, J. T., Chen, S., Tackett, J., & Zeitzer, J. (2021). Social dominance and multiple dimensions of psychopathology: An experimental test of reactivity to leadership and subordinate roles. PLOS ONE.

2019-2020

Zhang, J. W., Chen, S.. & Shakur, T. K. T. (2020). From me to you: Self-compassion predicts acceptance of own and others’ imperfections. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 228–242.

68. Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C. J., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E., Bergeron, S., Birnbaum, G., Brock, R. L., Brumbaugh, C. C., Carmichael, C. L., Chen, S., Clarke, J., Cobb, R. J., Coolsen, M. K., Davis, J., de Jong, D. C., Debrot, A., DeHaas, E. C., Derrick, J. L., Eller, J., Estrada, M. J., Faure, R., Finkel, E. J., Fraley, R. C., Gable, S. L., Gadassi, R., Girme, Y. U., Gordon, A. M., Gosnell, C. L., Hammond, M. D., Hannon, P. A., Harasymchuk, C., Hofmann, W., Horn, A. B., Impett, E. A., Jamieson, J. P., Keltner, D., Kim, J. J., Kirchner, J. L., Kluwer, E. S., Kumashiro, M., Larson, G., Lazarus, G., Logan, J. M., Luchies, L. B., MacDonald, G., Machia, L. V., Maniaci, M. R., Maxwell, J. A., Mizrahi, M., Muise, A., Niehuis, S., Ogolsky, B. G., Oldham, C. R., Overall, N. C., Perrez, M., Peters, B. J., Pietromonaco, P. R., Powers, S. I., Prok, T., Pshedetzky-Shochat, R., Rafaeli, E., Ramsdell, E., Reblin, M., Reicherts, M., Reifman, A., Reis, H. T., Rhoades, G. K., Rholes, W. S., Righetti, F., Rodriguez, L. M., Rogge, R., Rosen, N. O., Saxbe, D., Sened, H., Simpson, J. A., Slotter, E. B., Stanley, S. M., Stocker, S., Surra, C., Vaughn, A. A., Vicary, A. M., Visserman, M. L., & Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 19061-19071.

Chen, S. (2020). Social power and the self. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 69-73.

Gruber, J, Mendle, J., Lindquist, K. A., Schmader, T., Clark, L. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Akinola, M., Atlas, L., Barch, D. M., Feldman Barrett, L., Borelli, J. L., Brannon, T. N., Bunge, S. A., Campos, B., Cantlon, J., Carter, R., Carter-Sowell, A. R., Chen, S., Craske, M. G., Cuddy, A. J., C., Crum, A., Davachi, L., Duckworth, A. L., Dutra, S. J. Eisenberger, N. I., Ferguson, M., Ford, B. Q., Fredrickson, B. L., Goodman, S. H., Gopnik, A., Greenaway, V. P., Harkness, K. L., Hebl, M., Heller, W., Hooley, J., Jampol, L., Johnson, S. L., Joormann, J., Kinzler, K. D., Kober, H., Kring, A. M., Paluck, E. L., Lombrozo, T., Lourenco, S. F., McRae, K., Monin, J. K., Moskowitz, J. T., Natsuak, M. N., Oettingen, G., Pfeifer, J. H., Prause, N., Saxbe, D., Smith, P. K., Spellman, B. A., Sturm, V., Teachman, B. A., Thompson, R. J., Weinstock, L. M., & Williams, L. A. (2020). The future of women in psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, X, 1-34.

Anderson, C. L, Chen, S., & Ayduk, O. (2020). When does changing emotions harm authenticity? Distinct reappraisal strategies differentially impact subjective and observer-rated authenticity. Self & Identity, 19, 590-612.

Cho, M., Impett, E. A., Campos, B., Chen, S., & Keltner, D. (2020). Socioeconomic inequality undermines relationship quality in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 1722–1742.

Wang, A. M., Chen, S., & Aron, A. (2020). Perceiving couples as discrete units: The existence of couple-level identities. Personal Relationships.

Zhang, J. W., Chen, S., Tomova, T., Bilgin, B., Chai, W. J., Ramis, T., Shaban-Azad, H., Razavi, P., Nutankumar, T., Manukyan, A. (2019). A compassionate self is a true self?: Self-compassion promotes authenticity via reduced fear of negative evaluation and heightened optimism. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 1323-1337.

Chen, S. (2019). Authenticity in context: Being true to working selves. Review of General Psychology, 23, 60-72.

Connor, P., Sarafidis, V., Zyphur, M. J., Keltner, D., & Chen, S. (2019). Income inequality and White-on-Black racial bias in the United States: Evidence from Project Implicit and Google Trends. Psychological Science, 3, 205-222.

2018

Benedetti, A., & Chen, S. (2018). High CEO-to-worker pay ratios negatively impact consumer and employee perceptions of companies. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 79, 378-393.

Chen, S. (2018). Give yourself a break: The power of self-compassion. Harvard Business Review, 96, 116-123. https://hbr.org/2018/09/give-yourself-a-break-the-power-of-self-compassion

Gan, M., Heller, D., & Chen, S. (2018). The power in being yourself: Feeling authentic  enhances the sense of power. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 1460–1472

Guinote, A., & Chen, S. (2018). Power as active self: From acquisition to the expression and use of power. In K. Deaux & M. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology (2nd edition, pp. 645-668). New York: Oxford University Press.

2017

Zhang, J. W., & Chen, S. (2017). Self-compassion promotes positive adjustment for people who attribute responsibility of a romantic breakup to themselves. Self & Identity, 16, 232-259. 

Chen, S., Tharp, J. A., & Kuehn, M. M. (2017). They love me, they love me not?: Social power shapes expectations of acceptance and concerns about rejection. Social Cognition, 35, 563-584.

Gan, M., & Chen, S. (2017). Being your actual or ideal self?: What it means to feel authentic in a relationship. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43, 465-478.

Bai, Y., Maruskin, L. A., Chen, S., Gordon, A. M., Stellar, J. E., McNeil, G. D., Peng, K., & Keltner, D. (2017). Awe, the diminished self, and collective engagement: Empirical tests of the small self hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 185-209.

2015-2016

Zhang, J. W., & Chen, S. (2016). Self-compassion promotes personal improvement from regret experiences via acceptance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 244-258.

Gordon, A. M., & Chen, S. (2016). Do you get where I’m coming from?: Perceived understanding buffers against the negative impact of conflict on relationship satisfaction. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 110, 239-260.

Kuehn, M. M., Chen, S., Gordon, A. M. (2015). Having a thicker skin: Social power buffers the negative effects of social rejection. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 701-709.

2013-2014

Moon, A., & Chen, S. (2014). The power to control time: Power influences how much time (you think) you have. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 97-101.

Williams, M. J., & Chen, S. (2014). When "mom’s the boss": Control over domestic decision making reduces women’s interest in workplace power. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 17, 436-452.

Breines, J., Toole, A., Tu, C., & Chen, S. (2014). Self-compassion, body image, and self-reported disordered eating. Self & Identity, 14, 432-448.

Gordon, A. M., & Chen, S. (2014). The role of sleep in interpersonal conflict: Do sleepless nights mean worse fights? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 168-175.

Kraus, M. W., & Chen, S. (2014). Seeking and receiving relational self-verification when significant others are brought to mind: Implications for perceptions of one’s honesty and authenticity. Self & Identity, 13, 45-57.

Gordon, A. M., & Chen, S. (2013). Does power help or hurt?: The moderating role of self-other focus on power and perspective-taking in romantic relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1097-1110.

Gordon, A. M., Tuskeviciute, R., & Chen, S. (2013). Depressed and misunderstood? Depression influences relationship quality through reduced felt understanding. Personal Relationships, 20, 635-654.

Chen, S., Boucher, H. B., Andersen, S. M., Saribay, S. A. (2013). Transference and the relational self. In J. A. Simpson & L. Campbell (Eds.), Handbook of Close Relationships (pp. xx-xx). New York: Oxford University Press.

Breines, J., & Chen, S. (2013). Activating the inner caregiver: Giving support to othersincreases state self-compassion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 58-64.

2011-2012

Breines, J., & Chen, S. (2012). Self-compassion increases self-improvement motivation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1133-1143.

Chen, S., Boucher, H. C., & Kraus, M. W. (2011). The relational self: Emerging theory and evidence. In V. L. Vignoles, S. Schwartz, & K. Luyckx (Eds.), Handbook of Identity Theory and Research (pp. 149-175). New York: Springer.

Kraus, M. W., Chen, S., & Keltner, D. (2011). The power to be me: Power elevates self-concept consistency and authenticity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 974-980.

English, T., & Chen, S. (2011). Self-concept consistency and culture: The differential impact of two forms of consistency. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 838-849.

2009-2010

Mendoza-Denton, R., Shaw Taylor, L., Chen, S., & Chang, E. (2009). Ironic effects of explicit gender prejudice on women’s test performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 275-278.

Chen, S., Langner, C. A., & Mendoza-Denton, R. (2009). When dispositional and role power fit: Implications for self-expression and self-other congruence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 710-727.

Chen, S. (2009). Self-concept and relationships. In H. T. Reis and S. K. Sprecher (Eds.),Encyclopedia of human relationships (pp. 1413-1417). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kraus, M. W., & Chen, S. (2009). Striving to be known by significant others: Automatic activation of self-verification goals in relationship contexts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 58-73.

Fast, N. J., & Chen, S. (2009). When the boss feels inadequate: Power, incompetence, and aggression. Psychological Science, 20, 1406-1413.

Horberg, E. J., & Chen, S. (2010). Significant others and contingencies of self-worth:Activation and consequences of relationship-specific contingencies of self-worth. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 77-91.

Kraus, M. W., & Chen, S. (2010). Facial feature resemblance elicits the transference effect.Psychological Science, 21, 518-522.

Kraus, M. W., Chen, S., Straus, L., & Lee, V. (2010). Transference occurs across group boundaries. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1067-1073.

Gordon, A. M., & Chen, S. (2010). When you accept me for me: The relational benefits of intrinsic affirmations by one’s relationship partner. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1439-1453.

2006-2008

Chen, S., & Boucher, H. C., & Tapias, M. P. (2006). The relational self revealed: Integrative conceptualization and implications for interpersonal life. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 151-179.

Chen, S., Shaw, L. T., & Jeung, K. Y. (2006). Collective self-verification among members of a naturally-occurring group: Possible antecedents and long-term consequences. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 101-115.

Chen, S., English, T., & Peng, K. (2006). Self-verification and contextualized self-views.Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 930-942.

Chen, S., Fitzsimons, G. M., & Andersen, S. M. (2006). Automaticity and close relationships.In J. A. Bargh (Ed.), Social Psychology and the unconscious: The automaticity of higher mental processes (pp. 133-172). New York: Psychology Press.

English, T., & Chen, S. (2007). Culture and self-concept stability: Consistency across and within contexts among Asian- and European-Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 478-490.

Chen, S., & Andersen, S. M. (2008). The relational self in transference: Intrapersonal andinterpersonal consequences in everyday social life. In J. V. Wood, A. Tesser, & J. G. Holmes (Eds.), Self and Relationships (pp. 231-253). New York: Psychology Press.

Chen, S., & Boucher, H. C. (2008). Relational selves as self-affirmational resources. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 716-733.

English, T., Chen, S., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (2008). A cross-cultural analysis of self-verification motives. In R. M. Sorrentino & S. Yamaguchi (Eds.), Handbook of Motivation and Cognition within and across Cultures (pp. 119-142): Elsevier/Academic Press.

Keltner, D., Van Kleef, G. A., Chen, S., Kraus, M. W. (2008). A reciprocal influence model of social power: Emerging principles and lines of inquiry. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 40, pp. 151-192). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

2005 and earlier

Gilovich, T., Medvec, V. H., & Chen, S. (1995). Commission, omission, and dissonance reduction: Coping with regret in the "Monty Hall" problem. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 182-190.

Andersen, S. M., Glassman, N. S., Chen, S., & Cole, S. W. (1995). Transference in social perception: The role of chronic accessibility in significant-other representations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 41-57.

Chen, S., Shechter, D., & Chaiken, S. (1996). Getting at the truth or getting along: Accuracy- vs. impression-motivated heuristic and systematic information processing. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 71, 262-275.

Chaiken, S., Giner-Sorolla, R. & Chen, S. (1996). Beyond accuracy: Defense and impression motives in heuristic and systematic information processing. In P. M. Gollwitzer & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The psychology of action: Linking cognition and motivation to behavior (pp. 553-578). New York: Guilford Press.

Andersen, S. M., Reznik, I., & Chen, S. (1997). The self in relation to others: Cognitive and motivational underpinnings. In J. G. Snodgrass & R. L. Thompson (Eds.), The self across psychology: Self-recognition, self- awareness, and the self-concept (pp. 233-275). New York: New York Academy of Science. 

Chen, S., & Chaiken, S. (1999). The heuristic-systematic model in its broader context. In S. Chaiken & Y. Trope (Eds.), Dual-process theories in social and cognitive psychology (pp. 73-96). New York: Guilford Press.

Chen, S., Duckworth, K., & Chaiken, S. (1999). Motivated heuristic and systematic processing. Psychological Inquiry, 10, 44-49.  

Chen, S., & Andersen, S. M. (1999). Relationships from the past in the present: Significant-other representations and transference in interpersonal life. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 31, pp. 123-190). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Eagly, A. H., Chen, S., Chaiken, S., & Shaw-Barnes, K. (1999). The impact of attitudes on memory: An affair to remember. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 64-89.

Chen, S., Andersen, S. M., & Hinkley, K. (1999). Triggering transference: Examining the role of applicability in the activation and use of significant-other representations in social perception. Social Cognition, 17, 332-365.

Lee-Chai, A. Y., Chen, S., & Chartrand, T. L. (2001). From Moses to Marcos: Individual differences in the use and abuse of power. In A. Y. Lee-Chai & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The use and abuse of power: Multiple perspectives on the causes of corruption (pp. 57-74). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.                            

Andersen, S. M., Chen, S., & Carter, C. (2001). Fundamental human needs: Making social cognition relevant. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 269-275.

Chen, S. (2001). The role of theories in mental representations and their use in social perception: A theory-based approach to significant-other representations and transference. In G. B. Moskowitz (Ed.), Cognitive social psychology: The legacy and future of social cognition (pp.125-142). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Eagly, A. H., Kulesa, P., Chen, S. & Chaiken, S. (2001). Do attitudes affect memory? Tests of the congeniality hypothesis. Current Directions 10, 5-9.

Andersen, S. M., Chen, S., & Miranda, R. (2001). Significant others and the self. Self and Identity, 1, 159-168.

Chen, S., Lee-Chai, A. Y., & Bargh, J. A. (2001). Relationship orientation as a moderator of the effects of social power. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 173-187.

Chen, S., & Welland, J. W. (2002). Examining the effects of power as a function of self-construals and gender. Self and Identity, 1, 251-269.

Andersen, S. M., & Chen, S. (2002). The relational self: An interpersonal social-cognitive theory. Psychological Review, 109, 619-645.

Chen, S. (2003). Psychological-state theories about significant others: Implications for the content and structure of significant-other representations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1285-1302.

Chen, S., Chen, K. Y., & Shaw, L. (2004). Self-verification motives at the collective level of self-definition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 77-94.

Chen, S., Ybarra, O., & Kiefer, A. K. (2004). Power and impression formation: The effects of power on the desire for morality and competence information about others. Social Cognition, 22, 391-421.