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* Articles with an asterisk have current or former graduate students as the first authors.\u00a0<\/strong>This is a representative selection of the lab’s work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Koefler, N., Naidu, E., Gabriel, S., Schneider, V., Pascuzzi, G., Paravati, E.\u202f (in press). Let the music play: Live music fosters collective effervescence and leads to lasting positive outcomes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Paravati, E., Naidu, D,  & Gabriel, S (in press). Thank You for the Music: Music as a Social Surrogate That Protects Against Social Threats. Psychology of Music.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Koefler, N. & Schneider, V. Creating a Space for The Sacred in a Secular World: Shabbat Dinners as A Vehicle for Collective Effervescence, Social Connection, and Meaning (PDF)<\/a>. Studies in Religion.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S. & Schneider, V. (2024). The Need for Social Embeddedness: Human Belonging Goes Beyond Dyadic Bonds (PDF)<\/a>. Current Directions in Psychological Science.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Naidu, E., Gabriel, S., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2024). Reliving the Good Old Days: Nostalgia Increases Psychological Wellbeing Through Collective Effervescence (PDF)<\/a>. \u202fSocial Psychological and Personality Science<\/em>,\u202f15<\/em>(1), 22-32.\u202fhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/19485506221149813<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S, Young A. F., Naidu, E., Schenider, V. (2023). How Parasocial Relationships Affect our Self-Concepts (PDF)<\/a>.\u00a0 Handbook of Parasocial Experiences.\u00a0<\/em> Rebecca Forster Ed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Paravati, E. , Gabriel, S. Valenti, J., Valent, K., & Buffone, A. (2022). Social Comparison, Parasocial Relationships, and Attachment Style: How and When do Celebrities Improve Self-Liking? <\/em>(PDF) <\/a>(Journal of Social Psychology, <\/em>Nov 24:1-12. doi: 10.1080\/00224545.2022.2149385\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leary, M. R. & Gabriel, S. (2022).\u00a0 The Relentless Pursuit of Acceptance and Belonging (PDF)<\/a>. Advances in Motivational Science. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Naidu, E., Paravati, E., & Gabriel, S. (2022). Staying happy even when staying six feet apart (PDF)<\/a>: The relationship between extroversion and social adaptability. Personality and Individual Differences, 190. 111549. 10.1016\/j.paid.2022.111549.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S. & Paravati, E. (2021). If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On: Four ways that music may lead to social connection (PDF)<\/a>. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,\u202f44, E71. doi:10.1017\/S0140525X20001430.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S. (2021) Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of Baumeister & Leary\u2019s Seminal Paper on the Need to Belong (PDF)<\/a>.\u00a0 Self & Identity, 20, 1\/5. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Ministero, L. M., Green, M. C., Gabriel, S., & Valenti, J. (2021). Back where I belong: Rereading as a risk-free pathway to social connection (PDF)<\/a>.\u202fPsychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts<\/em>. Advance online publication.\u202fhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/aca0000375<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Paravati, E., Naidu, E., & Gabriel, S. (2021). From \u201clove actually\u201d to love, actually: The sociometer takes every kind of fuel (PDF)<\/a>. \u202fSelf and Identity 20<\/em>, 6-24.\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15298868.2020.1743750<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Paravati, E., Gabriel, S. Naidu, E & Wiedemann, C. (2020). More Than Just a Tweet: The Unconscious Impact of Forming Parasocial Relationships through Social Media (PDF)<\/a>.\u00a0 Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice 7<\/em>(4), 388\u2013403.\u202fhttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/cns0000214<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Brinkman, C, Paravati, E. & Gabriel, S. (2020).\u00a0 Social Achievement Goals and Social Media (PDF)<\/a>.\u00a0 Computers in Human Behavior, 111. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chb.2020.106427<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Naidu, E., Paravati, E., Morrison, C. D., & Gainey, K. (2020). Creating the sacred from the profane: Collective effervescence and everyday activities (PDF)<\/a>.\u202fThe Journal of Positive Psychology, 15<\/em>(1), 129\u2013154.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Paravati, E., Green, M. C. & Flomsbee, J. (2018). From Apprentice to President: The Role of Parasocial Connection in the Election of Donald Trump (PDF)<\/a>. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9<\/em>(3), 299\u2013307.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S. Valenti, J., Naragon-Gainey, K. & Young, A. F. (2017) The Psychological Importance of going to Concerts, Churches, and Football Games (PDF)<\/a>: Development and Validation of the Tendency for Effervescent Assembly Measure (TEAM). Psychological Assessment. 29(11), 1349 -1362.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Gomillion, S. Gabriel, S., Kawakami, K. & Young, A. F. (2017).\u00a0 Let\u2019s stay home and watch TV The benefits of shared media use for close relationships (PDF)<\/a>. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.<\/em> 34 (6), <\/em>855-874.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Read, J. P., Young, A. F., Bachrach, R. L., & Troisi, J. (2017). Social Surrogate Use in Those Exposed to Trauma: I Get By With a Little Help From My (Fictional) Friends (PDF)<\/a>.\u00a0 Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36, <\/em>41-63.\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Valenti, J., Gabriel, S., & Blanton, A. (2016). A Tangible Connection to the Divine: An Exploration of the Power and Efficaciousness of Prayer Objects (PDF)<\/a>. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 27. <\/em>111-120.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Buffone, A., Gabriel, S., & Poulin, M. (2016). There But for the Grace of God: Counterfactuals Influence Religious Belief and Images of the Divine (PDF)<\/a>. Social and Personality Psychological Science, <\/em>7, 256-263.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Valenti, J., & Young, A. F. (2016). Social Surrogates, Social Motivations, and Everyday Activities: The Case for a Strong, Subtle, and Sneaky Social Self (PDF)<\/a>.\u00a0 Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 53,<\/em> 189-243.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Troisi, J.D., Gabriel, S., Derrick, J. L., Geisler, A. (2015). Threatened belonging and preference for comfort food among the securely attached (PDF)<\/a>. Appetite,<\/em> 90, 58-64.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0* Gomillion, S., Gabriel, S., & Murray, S. L. (2014). A Friend of Yours is No Friend of Mine: Jealousy toward a Romantic Partner\u2019s Friends (PDF)<\/a>. Social and Personality Psychological Science.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Young, A. F., Gabriel, S., & Schrager, O. (2014). Does This Friend Make Me Look Fat? Appearance-Related Comparisons within Women\u2019s Close Friendships (PDF)<\/a>. Journal of Basic and Applied Psychology, <\/em>36, 145-154.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Young, A. F. & Gabriel, S. (2013). Batman to the rescue! The protective effects of parasocial relationships with muscular superheroes on men’s body image (PDF)<\/a>.\u00a0 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49<\/em>, 173-177.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Young, A. F., Gabriel, S. & Sechrist, G. (2012).\u00a0 The skinny on celebrities:\u00a0 Parasocial Relationships Moderate the Effects of Thin Media Figures on Women\u2019s Body Image (PDF)<\/a>, Social and Personality Psychological Science<\/em> 3, 659-666.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S. & Young, A. F. (2011).\u00a0 Becoming a vampire without being bitten: The Narrative Collective Assimilation Hypothesis (PDF).<\/a>\u00a0 Psychological Science<\/em>, 22, 990-994.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Troisi, J & Gabriel, S (2011).\u00a0 Chicken soup really is good for the soul: Comfort food fulfills the need to belong (PDF)<\/a>. Psychological Science<\/em>, 22, 747-753.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Jaremka, L. M., Gabriel, S., & Carvallo, M. (2011). What makes us feel the best also makes us feel the worst: The emotional impact of independent and social experiences (PDF)<\/a>. Self and Identity 10(1), 44-63<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Kawakami, K., Bartak, C., Kang, S., & Mann, N. (2010). Negative self-synchronization: Will I change to be like you when it is bad for me? (PDF)<\/a> Journal of Personality and Social Psychology<\/em>, 98<\/em>(6), 857-871.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* <\/strong>Derrick, J. L., Gabriel, S., & Hugenberg, K. J. (2009). Social surrogacy: How favored television programs provide the experience of belonging (PDF)<\/a>. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45<\/em>, 352-362.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Carvallo, M., Jaremka, L., & Tippin, B. (2008). A friend is a present you give to your ‘self’: Avoidance of intimacy moderates the effects of friends on self-liking (PDF)<\/a>. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/em>, 44<\/em>(2), 330-343.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Derrick, J., Gabriel, S., & Tippin, B. (2008). Parasocial relationships and self-discrepancies: Faux relationships have benefits for low self-esteem individuals (PDF)<\/a>. Personal Relationships<\/em>, 15<\/em>(2), 261-280.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Renaud, J., & Tippin, B. (2007). When I think of you, I feel more confident about me: The relational self and self-confidence (PDF). <\/a>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology<\/em>, 43<\/em>(5), 772-779.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* El-Alayli, A., & Gabriel, S. (2007). To prove or to improve? Which motive distorts perceptions of personality controllability? (PDF)<\/a>\u00a0 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin<\/em>, 33<\/em>(11), 1572-1586.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Cavallo, M. & Gabriel, S. (2006). No Man is an Island: Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style and the Need to Belong. (PDF)<\/a>\u00a0 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32<\/em>,\u00a0 697-709.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S., Carvallo, M., Dean, K., Tippin, B. D., & Renaud, J. (2005).\u00a0 How I See “Me” Depends on How I See “We”: The Role of Attachment Style in Social Comparison (PDF).<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1561-157.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gardner, W.L & Gabriel, S. (2004).\u202f Gender differences in relational and collective interdependence: Implications for self-views, social behavior, and subjective well-being.\u202f(PDF)<\/a> In A. Eagly, A. Beall & R. Sternberg, (Eds.)\u00a0 The Psychology of Gender, 2nd Edition<\/em>.\u00a0 (pp. 169-191.) New York, NY:\u00a0 Guilford.\u202f\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gardner, W.L., Gabriel, S., & Hochschild, L. A. (2002). When you and I are we, you are not threatening: The role of self-expansion in social comparison processes (PDF).\u00a0<\/em><\/a> Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82<\/em>, 239-251.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bodenhausen, G. V., Mussweiler, T., Gabriel, S., Moreno, K. N. (2001). Affective influences on stereotyping and intergroup behavior (PDF).\u00a0<\/a> In J. Forgas (Ed.), Handbook of affect and social cognition.\u00a0<\/em> Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mussweiler, T., Gabriel, S., & Bodenhausen, G. V. (2000). Shifting social identities as a strategy for deflecting threatening social comparisons (PDF).<\/a> Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79,<\/em>\u00a0 398-409.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bodenhausen, G. V., Gabriel, S., & Lineberger, M. (2000). Sadness and susceptibility to judgmental bias: The case of anchoring (PDF)<\/a>. Psychological Science, 11,<\/em>\u00a0 320-323.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, S. & Gardner, W. L. (1999). Are there \u201chis\u201d and \u201chers\u201d types of interdependence? (PDF)<\/a> Implications of gender differences in collective and relational interdependence for affect, behavior, and cognition. Journal of Personality and Social\u00a0 Psychology, 77,<\/em> 642-655.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gardner, W. L., Gabriel, S., & Lee, A. (1999).\u00a0 \u201cI\u201d value freedom, but \u201cwe\u201d value belonging: Self-construal priming resembles cultural differences in judgment (PDF)<\/a>. Psychological Science, 10,<\/em> 321-326.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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