Publications
- Socioemotional Resources/Positive Illusions
- Tend and Befriend
- Risky Families
- Culture and Coping
- Financial Fraud
- Other Recent Publications
- Recorded Talks
Socioemotional Resources/Positive Illusions
Taylor, S.E., & Broffman, J.I. (2011). Psychosocial resources: Functions, origins, and links to mental and physical health. In J.M. Olson and M.P. Zanna (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (pp. 1-57). New York: Academic Press. PDF
Saphire-Bernstein, S., Way, B.M., Kim, H.S., Sherman, D.K., & Taylor, S.E. (2011). Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is related to psychological resources. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 15118-15122 PDF
Moons, W. G., Eisenberger, N. I., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Anger and fear responses to stress have different biological profiles. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 24, 215-219. PDF
Way, B. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). The serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) is associated with cortisol response to psychosocial stress. Biological Psychiatry, 67, 487-492. PDF
Way, B. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Social influences on health: Is serotonin a critical mediator? Psychosomatic Medicine, 72, 107-112. PDF
Slavich, G. M., Way, B. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Taylor, S.E. (2010). Neural sensitivity to social rejection is associated with inflammatory responses to social stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 14817-14822. PDF
Taylor, S. E., Seeman, T. E., Eisenberger, N. I., Kozanian, T. A., Moore, A. N., & Moons, W. G. (2010). Effects of a supportive or unsupportive audience on biological and psychological responses to stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 47-56. PDF
Master, S.L., Amodio, D.M., Stanton, A.L., Yee, C.M., Hilmert, C.J., & Taylor, S.E. (2009). Neurobiological correlates of coping through emotional approach. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 23, 27-35. PDF
Master, S. L., Eisenberger, N. I., Taylor, S. E., Naliboff, B. D., Shirinyan, D., & Lieberman, M. D. (2009). A picture’s worth: Partner photographs reduce experimentally induced pain. Psychological Science, 20, 1316-1318. PDF
Way, B. M., Taylor, S. E., & Eisenberger, N. I. (2009). Variation in the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) is associated with dispositional and neural sensitivity to social rejection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 15079-15084. PDF
Amodio, D.M., Master, S.L., Yee, C.M., & Taylor, S.E. (2008). Neurocognitive components of the behavioral inhibition and activation systems: Implications for theories of self-regulation. Psychophysiology, 44, 11-19. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2008). Fostering a supportive environment at work. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 11, 265-283. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Burklund, L.J., Eisenberger, N.I., Lehman, B.J., Hilmert, C.J., & Lieberman, M.D. (2008). Neural bases of moderation of cortisol stress responses by psychosocial resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 197-211. PDF
Taylor, S.E., & Sherman, D.K. (2008). Self-enhancement and self-affirmation: The consequences of positive self-thoughts for motivation and health. In W. Gardner & J. Shah (Eds.), Handbook of Motivation Science. New York, NY: Guilford. PDF
Creswell, J.D., Lam, S., Stanton, A.L, Taylor, S.E., Bower, J.E., & Sherman, D.K. (2007). Does self-affirmation, cognitive processing, or discovery of meaning explain cancer-related health benefits of expressive writing?Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 238-250. PDF
Eisenberger, N.I., Taylor, S.E., Gable, S.L., Hilmert, C.J., & Lieberman, M.D. (2007). Neural pathways link social support to attenuated neuroendocrine stress responses. NeuroImage, 35, 1601-1612. PDF
Taylor, S.E., & Stanton, A. (2007). Coping resources, coping processes, and mental health. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 3, 129-153. PDF
Creswell, J.D., Welch, W.T., Taylor, S.E., Sherman, D.K., Gruenewald, T., & Mann, T. (2005). Affirmation of personal values buffers neuroendocrine and psychological stress responses. Psychological Science, 16,846-851. PDF
Updegraff, J.A., Gable, S.L, & Taylor, S.E. (2004). What makes experiences satisfying? The interaction of dispositional motivations and emotion in cognitive well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 496-504. PDF
Armor, D.A., & Taylor, S.E. (2003). The effects of mindset on behavior: Self-regulation in deliberative and implemental frames of mind. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 86-95. PDF
Bower, J.E., Kemeny, M.E., Taylor, S.E., & Fahey, J.L. (2003). Finding positive meaning and its association with natural killer cell cytotoxicity among participants in a bereavement-related disclosure intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 25, 146-155. PDF
Taylor, S. E., Lerner, J. S., Sherman, D. K., Sage, R. M., & McDowell, N. K. (2003). Portrait of the self-enhancer: Well-adjusted and well-liked or maladjusted and friendless? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 165-176. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Lerner, J.S., Sherman, D.K., Sage, R.M., & McDowell, N.K. (2003). Are self-enhancing cognitions associated with healthy or unhealthy biological profiles? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 605-615. PDF
Updegraff, J.A., Taylor, S.E., Kemeny, M.E., & Wyatt, G.E. (2002). Positive and negative effects of HIV-infection in women with low socioeconomic resources. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 382-394. PDF
Armor, D.A. & Taylor, S.E. (2002). When predictions fail: The dilemma of unrealistic optimism. In T. Gilovich, D. Griffin, & D. Kahneman (Eds.), Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment (pp. 334-347). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2001). Positive and negative beliefs affect the course of AIDS. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, 17, 47-49. PDF
Pham, L.B., Taylor, S.E., & Seeman, T.E. (2001). Effects of environmental predictability and personal mastery on self-regulatory and physiological processes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 611-620. PDF
Updegraff, J.A., & Taylor, S.E. (2000). From vulnerability to growth: The positive and negative effects of stressful life events. In J. Harvey & E. Miller (Eds.), Loss and trauma. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Kemeny, M.E., Reed, G.M., Bower, J.E., & Gruenewald, T.L. (2000). Psychological resources, positive illusions, and health. American Psychologist, 55, 99-109. PDF
Taylor, S.E., & Seeman, T.E. (2000). Psychosocial resources and the SES-health relationship. In N. Adler, M. Marmot, & B. McEwen (Eds.), Socioeconomic status and health in industrial nations: Social, psychological, and biological pathways. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 210-225. PDF
Reed, G.M., Kemeny, M.E., Taylor, S.E., & Visscher, B.R. (1999). Negative HIV-specific expectancies and AIDS-related bereavement as predictors of symptom onset in asymptomatic HIV-positive gay men. Health Psychology, 18, 354-363. PDF
Bower, J.E., Kemeny, M.E., Taylor, S.E., & Fahey, J.L. (1998). Cognitive processing, discovery of meaning, CD 4 decline, and AIDS-related mortality among bereaved HIV-seropositive men. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 979-986. PDF
Segerstrom, S.C., Taylor, S.E., Kemeny, M.E., & Fahey, J.L. (1998). Optimism is associated with mood, coping, and immune change in response to stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1646-1655. PDF
Armor, D.A., & Taylor, S.E. (1998). Situated optimism: Specific outcome expectancies and self-regulation. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 30, pp. 309-379). New York: Academic Press. PDF
Taylor, S.E., & Gollwitzer, P.M. (1995). The effects of mindset on positive illusions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 213-226. PDF
Taylor, S.E., & Brown, J.D. (1994). Positive illusions and well-being revisited: Separating fact from fiction.Psychological Bulletin, 116, 21-27. PDF
Reed, G.M., Kemeny, M.E., Taylor, S.E., Wang, H.-Y. J., & Visscher, B.R. (1994). “Realistic acceptance” as a predictor of decreased survival time in gay men with AIDS. Health Psychology, 13, 299-307. PDF
Reed, G.M., Taylor, S.E., & Kemeny, M.E. (1993). Perceived control and psychological adjustment in gay men with AIDS. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 791-824. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Kemeny, M., Aspinwall, L. G., Schneider, S.G., Rodriguez, R., & Herbert, M. (1992). Optimism, coping, psychological distress, and high-risk sexual behavior among men at risk for AIDS. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 460-473. >PDF
Taylor, S.E. (1991). Asymmetrical effects of positive and negative events: The mobilization-minimization hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 110, 67-85. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Helgeson, V.S., Reed, G.M., & Skokan, L.A. (1991). Self-generated feelings of control and adjustment to physical illness. Journal of Social Issues, 47, 91-109. PDF
Buunk, B.P., Collins, R.L., Taylor, S.E., Van YPeren, N., & Dakof, G. A. (1990). The affective consequences of social comparison: Either direction has its ups and downs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 1238-1249. PDF
Collins, R.L., Taylor, S.E., & Skokan, L.A. (1990). A better world or a shattered vision?: Changes in perspectives following victimization. Social Cognition, 8, 263-285. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Collins, R.L., Skokan, L.A., & Aspinwall, L.G. (1989). Maintaining positive illusions in the face of negative information: Getting the facts without letting them get to you. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 8, 114-129. PDF
Taylor, S.E., & Lobel, M. (1989). Social comparison activity under threat: Downward evaluation and upward contacts. Psychological Review, 96, 569-575. PDF
Taylor, S.E., & Brown, J. (1988). Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health.Psychological Bulletin, 103, 193-210. PDF
Wagener, J.J., & Taylor, S.E. (1986). What else could I have done? Patients’ responses to failed treatment decisions. Health Psychology, 5, 481-496. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Lichtman, R.R., & Wood, J.V. (1984). Attributions, beliefs about control, and adjustment to breast cancer. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 489-502. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (1983). Adjustment to threatening events: A theory of cognitive adaptation. American Psychologist, 38, 1161-1173. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Wood, J.V., & Lichtman, R.R. (1983). It could be worse: Selective evaluation as a response to victimization. Journal of Social Issues, 39, 19-40. PDF
Tend and Befriend
Saphire-Bernstein, S., & Taylor, S. E. (2013). Relationships and well-being. In I. Boniwell & S. David (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Happiness. London: Oxford University Press, 821-833. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). Social support: A review. In H.S. Friedman (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S. E., Saphire-Bernstein, S., & Seeman, T. E. (2010). Are plasma oxytocin in women and plasma vasopressin in men biomarkers of distressed pair bond relationships? Psychological Science, 21, 3-7.PDF
Eisenberger, N. I., Way, B. M., Taylor, S. E., Welch, W. T., & Lieberman, M. D. (2008). MAOA, gender differences, and social exclusion: Response to Gallardo-Pujol et al. Biological Psychiatry, 63, e11. PDF
Eisenberger, N.I., Way, B.M., Taylor, S.E., Welch, W.T., & Lieberman, M.D. (2007). Understanding genetic risk for aggression: Clues from the brain’s response to social exclusion. Biological Psychiatry, 61, 1100-1108. PDF
Taylor, S.E. & Gonzaga, G. (2007). Affiliative responses to stress: A social neuroscience model. In E. Harmon-Jones and P. Winkielman (Eds.), Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior (pp. 454-473). New York, NY: Guilford Publications. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2006). Tend and befriend: Biobehavioral bases of affiliation under stress. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 273-277. PDF
Taylor, S.E. & Gonzaga, G. (2006). Evolution, relationships, and health: The social shaping hypothesis. In M. Schaller, J. Simpson, & D. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology (pp.211-236). New York: Psychology Press. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Gonzaga, G., Klein, L.C., Hu, P., Greendale, G.A., & Seeman S.E. (2006). Relation of oxytocin to psychological stress responses and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activity in older women.Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 238-245. PDF
Gurung, R.A.R., Taylor, S.E., & Seeman, T.E. (2003). Accounting for changes in social support among married older adults: Insights from the MacArthur studies of successful aging. Psychology and Aging, 18, 487-496. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Klein, L.C., Gruenewald, T.L., Gurung, R.A.R., & Fernandes-Taylor, S. (2003). Affiliation, social support, and biobehavioral responses to stress. In J. Suls & K. Wallston (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of health and illness. Malden, MA: Blackwell. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2002). The tending instinct: How nurturing is essential to who we are and how we live. New York: Holt.
Taylor, S.E., Dickerson, S.S., and Klein, L.C. (2002). Toward a biology of social support. In C.R. Snyder and S.J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology. London: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Klein, L.C., Lewis, B.P., Gruenewald, T.L., Gurung, R.A.R., & Updegraff, J.A. (2000). Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: Tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight. Psychological Review,107, 411-429. PDF
Risky Families
Carroll, J. E., Gruenewald, T. K., Taylor, S. E., Janicki-Deverts, D., Matthews, K. A., & Seeman, T. E. (2013). Childhood abuse, parental warmth, and adult multi-system biological risk in the CARDIA study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 110, 17149-17153. PDF
Taylor, S. E., Karlamangla, A. S., Friedman, E. M., & Seeman, T. E. (2011). Early environment affects neuroendocrine regulation in adulthood. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 6, 244-251.PDF
Loucks, E. B., Almeida, N. D., Taylor, S. E., & Matthews, K. A. (2011). Childhood family psychosocial environment and coronary heart disease risk Psychosomatic Medicine, 73, 563-571.PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2010). Mechanisms linking early life stress to adult health outcomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 8507-8512. PDF
Lehman, B. J., Taylor, S. E., Kiefe, C. I., & Seeman, T. E. (2009). Relationship of early life stress and psychological functioning to blood pressure in the CARDIA Study. Health Psychology, 28, 338-346. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2008). Genetic contributions to sensitive parenting. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 89-90. PDF
Repetti, R.L., Taylor, S.E., & Saxbe, D. (2007). The influence of early socialization experiences on the development of biological systems. In J. Grusec and P. Hastings (Eds.), Handbook of Socialization(pp.124-152). New York, NY: Guilford. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Eisenberger, N.I., Saxbe, D., Lehman, B.J., & Lieberman, M.D. (2006). Neural responses to emotional stimuli are associated with childhood family stress. Biological Psychiatry, 60, 296-301. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Way, B.M., Welch, W.T., Hilmert, C.J., Lehman, B.J., & Eisenberger, N.I. (2006). Early family environment, current adversity, the serotonin transporter polymorphism, and depressive symptomatology. Biological Psychiatry, 60, 671-676. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Lehman, B.J., Kiefe, C.I., & Seeman, T.E. (2006). Relationship of early life stress and psychological functioning to adult C-reactive protein in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Biological Psychiatry, 60, 819-824. PDF
Lehman, B.J., Taylor, S.E., Kiefe, C.I., & Seeman, T.E. (2005). Relation of childhood socioeconomic status and family environment to adult metabolic functioning in the CARDIA study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 846-854. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Lerner, J.S., Sage, R.M., Lehman, B. J., & Seeman, T. E. (2004). Early environment, emotions, responses to stress, and health. Journal of Personality, 72, 1365-1393. PDF
Repetti, R.L., Taylor, S.E., & Seeman, T.E. (2002). Risky families: Family social environments and the mental and physical health of offspring. Psychological Bulletin, 128, 330-366. PDF
Culture and Coping
Chiang, J. J., Saphire-Bernstein, S., Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2013). Cultural differences in the link between supportive relationships and proinflammatory cytokines. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 511-520. PDF
Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., Taylor, S. E., Sasaki, J. Y., Chu, T. Q., Ryu, C., Suh, E. M., & Xu, J. (2010). Culture, serotonin receptor polymorphism and locus of attention. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5,212-218. PDF
Kim, H. J., Sherman, D. K., Sasaki, J. Y., Chu, T. Q., Ryu, C., Suh, E. M., Graham, K., Xu, J, & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Culture, Distress, and Oxytocin Receptor Polymorphism (OXTR) Interact to Influence Emotional Support Seeking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 15717-15721. PDF
Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., & Taylor, S. E. (2009). The irony of cultural psychology research. American Psychologist, 64, 564-565. PDF
Kim, H.S., Sherman, D.K., & Taylor, S.E. (2008). Culture and social support. American Psychologist, 63, 518-526. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Welch, W.T., Kim, H.S., & Sherman, D.K. (2007). Cultural differences in the impact of social support on psychological and biological stress responses. Psychological Science, 18, 831-837. PDF
Kim, H.S., Sherman, D.K., Ko, D., & Taylor, S.E. (2006). Pursuit of comfort and pursuit of harmony: Culture and the effect of group- and self-priming on social support seeking. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1595-1607. PDF
Taylor, S.E., Sherman, D.K., Kim, H.S, Jarcho, J., Takgi, K., & Dunagan, M.S. (2004). Culture and social support: Who seeks it and why? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 354-362. PDF
Vulnerability To Financial Fraud
Castle, E., Eisenberger, N. I., Seeman, T. E., Moons, W. G., Boggero, I. A., Grinblatt, M. S., & Taylor, S. E. (2012). Neural and behavioral bases of age differences in perceptions of trust. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 20848-20852. PDF
Other Recent Publications
Books
Taylor, S. E. (2015). Health Psychology (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Fiske, S.T., Schachter, D.L., & Taylor, S.E. (Eds.). (2014). Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 65). Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews.
Fiske, S. T., & Taylor, S. E. (2013). Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture (2nd ed.). Beverly Hills: Sage Publishers.
Fiske, S.T., Schachter, D.L., & Taylor, S.E. (Eds.). (2013). Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 64). Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews.
Fiske, S.T., Schachter, D.L., & Taylor, S.E. (Eds.). (2012). Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 63). Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews.
Fiske, S.T., Schachter, D.L., & Taylor, S.E. (Eds.). (2011). Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 11). Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews.
Taylor, S. E. (2002). The tending instinct: How nurturing is essential to who we are and how we live. New York: Holt.
Taylor, S. E. (1989). Positive illusions: Creative self-deception and the healthy mind. New York: Basic Books.
Articles
Fiske, S.T. & Taylor, S.E. (in press). Collaboration: Interdependence in action. In. R. Zweigenhaft & E. Borgida (eds.), Collaboration in psychological science: Lifting the veil. New York: Worth.
Taylor, S. E. (2014). Social cognition and health. In. E. Borgida & J. Bargh (Ed.), APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. PDF
Burklund, L. J., Craske, M. G., Taylor, S. E., & Lieberman, M. D. (2014). Altered emotion regulation capacity in social phobia as a function of comorbidity. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, DOI:10.1093/scan/nsu058 PDF
Moons, W. G., Way, B. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2014). Oxytocin and vasopressin receptor polymorphisms interact with circulating neuropeptides to predict human emotional reactions to stress. Emotion, 14, 562-572. PDF
Loucks, E. B., Taylor, S. E., Polak, J. F., Willhelm, A., Kalhra, P. X., & Matthews, K. A. (2014). Childhood family psychosocial environment and carotid intima media thickness: The CARDIA study. Social Science and Medicine, 104, 15-22. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2013). Social cognition and health. In. D. Carlston (Ed.), Handbook of Social Cognition. New York: Oxford University Press. 876-893. PDF
Chiang, J. J., Eisenberger, N. I., Seeman, T. E., & Taylor, S. E. (2012). Negative and competitive social interactions are related to heightened proinflammatory cytokine activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 1878-1882. PDF
Meyer, M., Spunt, R. P., Berkman, E. T., Taylor, S. E., & Lieberman, M. D. (2012). Evidence for social working memory from a parametric functional MRI study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109,1883-1888. PDF
Fiske, S.T., Schachter, D.L., & Taylor, S.E. (Eds.). (2012). Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 63). Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews.
Saphire-Bernstein, S., Way, B.M., Kim, H.S., Sherman, D.K., & Taylor, S.E. (2011). Oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is related to psychological resources. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 15118-15122. PDF
Way, B. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2011). A polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene moderates cardiovascular reactivity to psychosocial stress. Psychosomatic Medicine, 73, 310-317. PDF
Eisenberger, N. I., Master, S. L., Inagaki, T. K., Taylor, S. E., Shirinyan, D., Lieberman, M. D. & Naliboff, B. (2011). Attachment figures activate safety signal-related neural region and reduce pain experience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 11721-11726. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2011). The future of social-health psychology: Prospects and predictions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 275-284. PDF
Pluess, M., Belsky, J., Way, B. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2011). 5-HTTLPR moderates effects of current life events on neuroticism: Differential susceptibility to environmental influences. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 34, 1070-1074. PDF
Fiske, S.T., Schachter, D.L., & Taylor, S.E. (Eds.). (2011). Annual Review of Psychology (Vol. 11). Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews.
Kim, H. S., Sherman, D. K., Mojaverian, T., Sasaki, J. Y., Park, J., Suh, E. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2011). Gene-culture interaction: Oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR) and emotion regulation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 665-672.PDF
Jeong, E. S., Shi, Y., Baazova, A., Chiu, C., Nahai, A., Moons, W.G., & Taylor, S. E. (2011). The relation of approach/avoidance motivation and message framing to the effectiveness of charitable appeals. Social Influence, 6, 15-21.PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). Positive illusions: How ordinary people become extraordinary. In M. A. Gernsbacher, R. W. Pew, L. M. Hough, and J. R. Pomerantz (Eds.), Psychology and the Real World: Essays Illustrating Fundamental Contributions to Society (pp. 224-228). New York: Worth Publishers. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). Tend and befriend theory. In A. M. van Lange, A. W. Kruglanski, and E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology. Sage Publications. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). Affiliation and stress. In S. Folkman (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Stress, Health, and Coping (pp. 86-100). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). Envisioning the future and self-regulation. In M. Bar (Ed.), Predictions in the Brain: Using Our Past to Prepare for the Future (pp. 134-143). New York: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). How psychosocial resources enhance health and wellbeing. In S. Donaldson, M. Csikszentmihalyi, and J. Nakamura (Eds.), Applied Positive Psychology. New York: Routledge. PDF
Way, B. M., & Taylor, S. E. (2011). Genetic factors in social pain. In G. MacDonald and L. A. Jensen-Campbell (Eds.), Social Pain: A Neuroscientific, Social, Clinical, and Developmental Analysis (pp. 95-119). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). Social support: A review. In H.S. Friedman (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology.New York, NY: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2011). Pathways linking early life stress to adult health. In J. Decety and J. Cacioppo (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Neuroscience (pp. 776-786). New York: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S. E., Way, B. M., & Seeman, T. E. (2011). Early adversity and adult health outcomes. In D. Cicchetti (Ed.), Development and Psychopathology (pp. 939-954) [Special issue]. New York: Cambridge University Press. PDF
Matthews, K. A., Gallo, L. C., & Taylor, S. E. (2010). Are psychosocial factors mediators of socioeconomic status and health connections?: A progress report and blueprint for the future. In N. Adler and J. Stewart (Eds.),The Biology of Disadvantage: Socioeconomic Status and Health (Volume 1186; pp. 146-173). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2010). Social support: A review. In H.S. Friedman (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Taylor, S. E. (2010). Health. In D. Gilbert, S. Fiske, and G. Lindzey (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Psychology (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. PDF
Taylor, S. E., & Master, S. L. (2010). Affiliative responses to stress. In R. J. Contrada and A. Baum (Eds.),Handbook of Stress Science. Springer Publishing. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2010). Pathways linking early life stress to adult health. In J. Decety and J. Cacioppo (Eds.), The Handbook of Social Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2010). Health psychology. In R. Baumeister and E. J. Finkel (Eds.), Advanced Social Psychology.New York, NY: Oxford University Press. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2010). The impact of early adversity on health. In A. Steptoe (Ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Medicine Research: Methods and Applications. New York, NY: Springer. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2009). Publishing in scientific journals: We’re not just talking to ourselves anymore. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 38-39. PDF
Taylor, S. E. (2009). Positive illusions. In S. Lopez (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology (Volume 2; pp. 727-730). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Taylor, S. E. (2009). Unrealistic optimism can be good for your health. In S. Nolen-Hoeksema, B. Fredrickson, G. Loftus, and W. Wagenaar (Eds.), Introduction to Psychology (15th ed.; p. 533). London: Cengage Learning. PDF
Sherman, D. K., Kim, H. S., & Taylor, S. E. (2009). Culture and social support: Neural bases and biological impact. In J. Y. Chiao (Ed.), Progress in Brain Research (Volume 178; pp. 227-237). The Netherlands: Elsevier. PDF
Taylor, S.E. (2008). Bringing basic and applied research together to address underlying mechanisms. Psychology and Health, 23, 131-134. PDF
Fiske, S.T., & Taylor, S.E. (1984, 1991, 2008). Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture. (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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