Publications

Under Review (Selected from the Lab)

Chang, Y-P., Way, B., Sheeran, P, Kurtz, L. E., Baucom, D. H., & Algoe, S. B. (2021). A field experiment to causally increase time spent in physical proximity to a romantic partner in everyday life and a test of moderation by variation in the CD38 gene.

Jolink, T. A., & Algoe, S. B. (2021). What happens in initial interactions forecasts relationship development: Showcasing the role of social behavior.

Murphy, B., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Algoe, S. B. (2021). Why we should reject the restrictive isomorphic matching definition of empathy.

In Press

Chang, Y-P., Dwyer, P. C., & Algoe, S. B. (in press). Better together: An integrative, multi-level, multi-factor analysis of gratitude in everyday life. Emotion.

Don, B. P., Eller, J., Simpson, J. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Algoe, S. B., Rholes, S., & Mickelson, K. D. (in press). New parental positivity: The role of positive emotions in promoting relational adjustment during the transition to parenthood.

Don, B. P., Fredrickson, B. L., & Algoe, S. B. (2021). Enjoying the sweet moments: Approach motivation upwardly enhances reactivity to positive interpersonal processes, with spillover to partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Duprey, E. B., McKee, L. G., O’Neal, C. W., Campos, B. & Algoe, S. B. (2020). Stressors, resources, and mental health among Latino adolescents: The role of gratitude. Applied Developmental Psychology.

Jolink, T. A., Chang, Y-P., & Algoe, S. B. (in press). Perceived partner responsiveness forecasts behavioral intimacy as measured by affectionate touch. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

McKee, L. G., Algoe, S. B., Faro, A. L., & O’Leary, J. L. (in press). What do daily reports add to the picture? Results from a photography intervention designed to increase positive emotion. Journal of Positive Psychology.

Published

Algoe, S. B. (2020). Developing and maintaining high-quality relationships via emotion. Emotion Review.

Don, B. P., & Algoe, S. B. (2020). Impermanence in relationships: Trait mindfulness attenuates the negative personal consequences of everyday dips in relationship satisfaction. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Published online before print. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520921463

Don, B. P., Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Does meditation training influence social approach and avoidance goals? Evidence from a randomized intervention study of midlife adults. Mindfulness. Published online before print. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01517-0

Algoe, S. B. (2019). Positive Interpersonal Processes. Current Directions in Psychological Science, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721419827272

Algoe, S. B., Dwyer, P. C., Younge, A., & Oveis, C. (2019). A new perspective on the social functions of emotions: Gratitude and the witnessing effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, online first. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000202

Chang, Y-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2019). On Thanksgiving: Cultural variations in gratitude demonstrations and perceptions between the United States and Taiwan. Emotion, online first. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000662

Dwyer, P. C., Chang, Y-P., Hannay, J., & Algoe, S. B. (2019). When does activism benefit well-being? Evidence from a longitudinal study of Clinton voters in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. PLOS ONE.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221754

Le Nguyen, K. D., Lin, J., Algoe, S. B., Brantley, M. M., Kim, S. L., Brantley, J., Salzberg, S., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2019). Loving-kindness meditation slows biological aging in novices: Evidence from a 12-week randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.020

McKee, L. G., Algoe, S. B., Faro, A., O’Leary, J. L, & O’Neal, C. (2019). Picture This! Bringing joy into focus and developing healthy habits of mind: Rationale, design, and implementation of a randomized control trial for emerging adults. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100391

Duprey, E. B., McKee, L. G., O’Neal, C. W., & Algoe, S. B. (2018). Stressful life events and internalizing symptoms in emerging adults: The roles of mindfulness and gratitude. Mental Health & Prevention, 112, p. 1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2018.08.003

Adair, K. C., Boulton, A., & Algoe, S. B. (2017). The effect of mindfulness on relationship satisfaction via perceived responsiveness: Findings from a dyadic study of heterosexual romantic partners. Mindfulness, online first 10/13/17. DOI 10.1007/s12671-017-0801-3

Algoe, S. B., Kurtz, L. E., & Grewen, K. (2017). Oxytocin and social bonds: The role of oxytocin in perceptions of romantic partner bonding behavior. Psychological Science, 28(12), 1763-1772. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617716922

Clark, J. L., Algoe, S. B., & Green, M. C. (2017). Social network sites and well-being: The role of social connection. Current Directions in Psychological Science, online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721417730833

Fredrickson, B. L., Boulton, A. J., Firestine, A. M., Van Cappellen, P., Algoe, S. B., Brantley, M. M., Kim, S. L., Brantley, J., & Salzberg, S. (2017). Positive emotion correlates of meditation practice: A comparison of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation. Mindfulness, 8, 1623-1633. DOI 10.1007/s12671-017-0735-9

Isgett, S. F., Kok, B. E., Baczkowski, B., Algoe, S. B., Grewen, K. M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2017). Influences of oxytocin and respiratory sinus arrhythmia on social behavior and emotions in daily life. Emotion, online first. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000301.

Kurtz, L. E., & Algoe, S. B. (2017). When sharing a laugh means sharing more: Testing the role of shared laughter on short-term interpersonal consequences. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. doi:10.1007/s10919-016-0245-9

Algoe, S. B., Kurtz, L. E., & Hilaire, N. M. (2016). Putting the “you” in “thank you”: Other-praising behavior explains the role of expressed gratitude in social life. Social Psychological and Personality Science, online first. doi: 10.1177/1948550616651681

Chang, Y-P., Algoe, S. B., & Chen, L. (2016). Affective valence signals agency within and between people. Emotion, online first. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000229

Isgett, S. F., Algoe, S. B., Boulton, A. J., Way, B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2016). Common variant in OXTR predicts growth in positive emotions from loving-kindness training. Psychoneuroendocrinology. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.08.010

Algoe, S. B., & Zhaoyang, R (2015). Putting expressed gratitude in context: Effects of expressing gratitude in ongoing relationships depend on perceptions of enactor responsiveness. Journal of Positive Psychology, doi: 10.1080/17439760.2015.1117131

Fredrickson, B. L., Grewen, K. M., Algoe, S. B., Firestine, A. M., Arevalo, J. M. G., Ma, J., & Cole, S. W. (2015). Psychological well-being and the human conserved transcriptional response to adversity. PLOS One, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121839

Kurtz, L. E., & Algoe, S. B. (2015). Putting laughter in context: Shared laughter as a behavioral indicator of relationship well-being. Personal Relationships, doi: 10.1111/pere.12095

Algoe, S. B., & Way, B. (2014). Evidence for a role of the oxytocin system, indexed by genetic variation in CD38, in the social bonding effects of expressed gratitude. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nst182

Catalino, L. I., Coffey, K. A., Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2014). Prioritizing positivity: An effective approach to pursuing happiness? Emotion, doi: 10.1037/a0038029

Algoe, S. B., Fredrickson, B. L., & Gable, S. L. (2013). The social functions of the emotion of gratitude via expression. Emotion, 13(4), 605-609.

Fredrickson, B. L., Grewen, K. M., Coffey, K. A., Algoe, S. B., Firestine, A. M., Arevalo, J. M. G., Ma, J., & Cole, S. W. (2013). A functional genomic perspective on human well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(33), 13684-13689.

Kok, B. E., Coffey, K. A., Cohn, M. A., Catalino, L. I., Vacharkulksemsuk, T., Algoe, S. B., Brantley, M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). How positive emotions build physical health: Perceived positive social connections account for the upward spiral between positive emotions and vagal tone. Psychological Science, 24(7), 1123-1132.

Algoe, S. B. (2012). Find, remind, and bind: The functions of gratitude in everyday relationships. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6(6), 455-469.

Algoe, S. B., & Stanton, A. L. (2012). Gratitude when it is needed most: Social functions of gratitude in women with metastatic breast cancer. Emotion, 12, 163-168.

Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2011). Emotional Fitness and the movement of affective science from lab to field. American Psychologist, 66(1), 35-42.

Algoe, S. B., Gable, S. L., & Maisel, N. (2010). It’s the little things: Everyday gratitude as a booster shot for romantic relationships. Personal Relationships, 17, 217-233.

Algoe, S. B., & Haidt, J. (2009). Witnessing excellence in action: The “other-praising” emotions of elevation, gratitude, and admiration. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4(2). 105-127.

Algoe, S. B., Haidt, J., & Gable, S. L. (2008). Beyond reciprocity: Gratitude and relationships in everyday life. Emotion, 8, 425-429.

Koo, M., Algoe, S. B. , Wilson, T. D., & Gilbert, D. T. (2008). It’s a wonderful life: Mentally subtracting positive events improves people’s affective states, contrary to their affective forecasts. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 95 (5), 1217-1224.

Algoe, S. B. , Buswell, B. N., & DeLamater, J. D. (2000). Gender and job status stereotypes as contextual cues for the interpretation of facial expression of emotion. Sex Roles, 42(3/4), 183-208.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS IN EDITED VOLUMES

Algoe, S. B., & Jolink, T. (in press). Social bonds: A new look at an old topic. In Van Lange, P. A. M., Higgins, E. T., & Kruglanski, A. [Eds.] Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principles.

Wood, A. M., Emmons, R. A., Algoe, S. B., Froh, J. J., Lambert, N. M., & Watkins, P. (in press). A Dark Side of Gratitude? Distinguishing between Beneficial Gratitude and its Harmful Imposters for the Positive Clinical Psychology of Gratitude and Well-Being. In Wood, A. M. & Johnson, J. [Eds.] The Wiley Handbook of Positive Clinical Psychology. Chinchester, UK: Wiley.

Algoe, S. B., Fredrickson, B. L., & Chow, S-M. (2011). Emotions Research. In Sheldon, Kashdan, & Steger (Eds.) Designing the Future of Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward. (pp. 115-132). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Gable, S., & Algoe, S. B. (2010). Being there when things go right: Support processes for positive events. In K. Sullivan & J. Davila (Eds.) Support Processes in Intimate Relationships. (pp. 200-216). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Algoe, S. B., & Stanton, A. L. (2009). Is benefit finding good for individuals with chronic disease? In C. Park, S. Lechner, A. L. Stanton, M. H. Antoni (Eds.) Medical Illness and Positive Life Change: Can Crisis Lead to Personal Transformation? (pp. 173-193). Washington , DC : American Psychological Association.

Campos, B. & Algoe, S. B. (2009). Kindness. In S. Lopez & A. Beauchamp (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology. (pp. 551-557). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.

Haidt, J. D., & Algoe, S. B. (2004). Elevation, disgust, and attachment to heroes. In J. Greenberg, T. Pyszcynski, & S. Koole (Eds.) Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology. (pp. 322-335). New York: The Guilford Press.