Publications

New Book from Dr. Gillath and colleagues!

Ai, T., Gillath, O., Landau, M. (2023) Dear Old Love: Effects of Reflecting on Nostalgic Memories about Ex-Partners on Current Romantic Relationship. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(1), 15-28

Crandall, C.S., Bahns, A.J., Gillath, O. (2022) Do Masks Affect Social Interaction? Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 52(12), 1172-1178.

Dugan, K.A., Fraley, R.C., Gillath, O., Deboeck, P.R. (2022) Changes in Global and relationship-Specific Attachment Working Models. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(10), 3015-3043.

Lee, J., Gillath, O. (2022) Increased Urination Urgency Exacerbates Sexual Risk-Taking Through Heightened Sexual Arousal. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(6), 2955-2967.

Gillath, O., Karantzas, G.C., Romano, D., Karantzas, K.M. (2022) Attachment Security Priming: A Meta-Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 26(3), 183-241.

Ai, T., Gillath, O., Overall, N.C., Collins, T.J. (2022) Ideal-Perception Consistency and Regulation of Best Friends: Associations with Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(1).

Uhlich, M., Gillath, O., Schachner, D.A., Shaver, P.R. (2022) Attachment Security Priming Affecting Mating Strategies Endorsement among College Students. Evolutionary Psychology, 20(3).

Fraley, R.C., Gillath, O., Deboeck, P.R. (2021) Do Life Events Lead to Enduring Changes in Adult Attachment Styles? A Naturalistic Longitudinal Investigation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120 (6), 1567.

Gillath, O., Crandall, C.S., Wann, D.L., White, M.H. (2021) Buying and Building Success: Perceptions of Organizational Strategies for Improvement. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(5), 534-546.

McGuire, A., Ciersdorff, A., Gillath, O., Vitevitch, M. (2021) Effects of Cognitive Load and Type of Object on the Visual Looming Bias. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83, 1508-1517.

Haj-Mohamadi, P., Gillath, O., Rosenberg, E.L. (2021) Identifying a Facial expression of Flirtation and its Effect on Men. The Journal of Sex Research, 58 (2), 137-145

Gillath, O., Ai, T., Branicky, M.S., Keshmiri, S., Davison, R.B., Spaulding, R. (2021) Attachment and Trust in Artificial Intelligence. Computers in Human Behavior, 115, 106607

Ai, T., Gillath, O., Karantzas, G.C. (2020) The Dual Function Model of Attachment Security Priming: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), 8093

Systematic Review of Attachment Security Priming

Parnia Haj-Mohamadi, Omri Gillath, Erika L. Rosenberg. Identifying a Facial Expression of Flirtation and Its Effect on Men. The Journal of Sex Research, 2020

Bowen J., Gillath O., 2020, Who plays hard-to-get and who finds it attractive? Investigating the role of attachment style, Personality and Individual Differences,Volume 162 

Gregersen, S. C., & Gillath, O. (2020). How food brings us together: The ties between attachment and food behaviors. Appetite, 104654. 

Gillath, O., Gery C Karantzas, Juwon Lee (2019). Attachment and social networks, Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 21-25. 

Krantzas, G., & Fraley, R. C. (2016). Adult Attachment: A Concise Guide to Theory and Research. New York: Academic Press. 

Gillath, O., Canterberry, M., & Atchley, P. (2017). Attachment as a predictor of driving performance. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour.

Griffith, R., Gillath, O., Zhao, X., & Martinez, R. (2017). Staying Friends with Ex-Romantic Partners: Predictors, Reasons, and Outcomes. Personal Relationships.

Goodman, D. L., Gillath, O., & *Haj-Mohamadi, P. (2017). Development and Validation of the PORM: Pretending Orgasm Reasons Measure. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Karantzas, C. G., & Gillath, O. (2017). Stress and wellbeing during chronic illness and partner death in later-life: The role of social support. Current Opinions in Psychology.

Lee, J., & Gillath, O. (2016). Perceived closeness to multiple social connections and attachment style: A longitudinal examination. Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Lee, J., Adams, G., Li, Y. J., & Gillath, O. (2017). Context matters for attractiveness bias [Peer commentary on the paper “Explaining financial and prosocial biases in favor of attractive people: Interdisciplinary perspectives from economics, social psychology, and evolutionary psychology” by D. Maestripieri, A. Henry, & N. Nickels]. Brain and Behavioral Sciences.

Bahns, A., Crandall, C., Gillath, O., & Preacher, K. (2017). Similarity in Relationships as Niche Construction: Choice, Stability, and Influence within Dyads in a Free Choice Environment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences.

Adams, B. G., …. Gillath, O…. (2015). Ethnic Identity in Emerging Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa and the US, and its Associations with Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

Gillath, O., & Keefer, L. A. (2016). Generalizing disposability: Residential mobility and the willingness to dissolve social ties. Personal Relationships, 23,186-198. 

Bahns, A. J., Crandall, C. S., Gillath, O. & Wilmer, J. B. (2016). Nonverbal Communication of Similarity via the Torso: It's in the Bag. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior,40, 151-170.

McGuire, A., B., Gillath, O., & Vitevitch, M. (2016). Effects of mental resource availability on looming task performance. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 78, 107-113. 

Gillath, O., & Collins, T. J. (2016). Unconscious desire: The affective and motivational aspects of subliminal sexual priming. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45(1), 5-20. 

Sakaluk J. K., & Gillath, O. (2016). The causal effects of relational security and insecurity on condom use attitudes and acquisition behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45(2), 339-352. ​

Abubakar, A., ….Gillath, O.,… (2015). Measurement invariance of the brief multidimensional student's life satisfaction scale among adolescents and emerging adults across 23 cultural contexts. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 34, 1-11. 

Chun, S. D., Shaver, P. R., Gillath, O., Mathews, A., & Jorgensen, T. D. (2015). Testing a dual-process model of avoidant defenses. Journal of Research in Personality, 55, 75-83. 

Gillath, O., Gregersen, S., Canterberry, M., & Schmitt, D. P. (2014). The consequences of high levels of attachment security. Personal Relationships, 21, 497-514.

DeWall, C. N., Gillath, O., Pressman, S. D., Black, L. L., Bartz, J., Moskovitz, J., & Stetler, D. A. (2014). When the Love Hormone Leads to Violence: Oxytocin Increases Intimate Partner Violence Inclinations among High Trait Aggressive People. Social and Personality Psychological Science, 5, 691-697.

Canterberry, M., & Gillath, O. (2013). Neural Evidence for a Multifaceted Model of Attachment Security. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 88, 232-240. 

Gillath, O. E., Adams, G. E., & Kunkel, A. E. (2012). Relationship Science: Integrating Evolutionary, Neuroscience, and Sociocultural Approaches. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Gillath, O., Bahns, A. J., Ge, F., & Crandall, C. S., (2012). Shoes as a source of first impressions. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 423-430. 

Collins, T. J., & Gillath, O. (2012). Attachment, Breakup Strategies, and Associated Outcomes: The Effects of Security Enhancement on the Selection of Breakup Strategies. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 210-222. 

Schoemann, A. M., Gillath, O., & Sesko, A. K. (2012). Regrets, I have had a Few: Effects of dispositional and manipulated attachment on regret. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships,1, 1-25. 

Gillath, O., & Canterberry, M. (2012). Neural correlates of exposure to subliminal and supraliminal sexual cues. SCAN, 65, 1-13. 

Kemeny, M. E., Foltz, C., Ekman, P., Jennings, P., Rosenberg, E. L., Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., &  Wallace, B. A. (2012). Contemplative/emotion training improves emotional life. Emotion, 12, 338-350.

Gillath, O., Landau, M. J., Selcuk, E., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2011). Effects of death salience and participant sex on cognitive, physiological, and behavioral responses to sexual stimuli. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1219-1224. 

Birnbaum, G. E., Mikulincer, M., & Gillath, O. (2011). In and out of a Daydream: Attachment orientations, daily relationship quality, and sexual fantasies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1398-1410. 

​Gillath, O., Johnson, D. K., Selcuk, E., & Teel, C. (2011). Older Caregivers and Younger College Students: Comparing Network Management Skills, Attachment, and Well-Being During Transitions. Clinical Gerontologist, 34, 251-265. 

Bodner, E., Sarel, A., Gillath, O., & Iancu, I. (2010). The relationship between type of insurance, time period and length of stay in psychiatric hospitals: The Israeli case. The Israeli Journal of Psychiatry, 47, 284-290. 

Gillath, O., Sesko, A. K., Shaver, P. R., & Chun, S. D. (2010). Attachment, authenticity, and honesty: Dispositional and experimentally induced security can reduce self- and other-deception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 841-855. 

Quirin, M., Gillath, O., Eggert, L., Pruessner, J., Kuestermann, E., & Kuhl, J. (2010). Adult attachment insecurity and hippocampal cell density. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5, 39-47. 

Gillath, O., & Hart, J. J. (2010). The effects of psychological security and insecurity on political attitudes and leadership preferences. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 122-134. 

Gillath, O., Giesbrecht, B., & Shaver, P. R. (2009). Attachment, attention, and cognitive control: Attachment style and performance on general attention tasks. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 647-654. 

Noftle, E. E., & Gillath, O. (2009). Applying lessons from the person-situation debate to attachment theory and research. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 260-261. 

Lavy, S., Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Gillath, O. (2009). Intrusiveness in romantic relationships: A cross-cultural perspective on imbalances between proximity and autonomy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 26, 989-1008. 

Gillath, O., Hart, J., Noftle, E. E., & Stockdale G. D. (2009). Development and validation of a state adult attachment measure (SAAM). Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 362-373. 

Gillath, O., Adams, G., & Kunkel, A. D. (2009). Making interdisciplinary work in relationships research. Relationship Research News(PDF) (IARR newsletter), 7, 10-13. 

Sutin, A. R., & Gillath, O. (2009). Autobiographical memory phenomenology and content mediate attachment style and psychological distress. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56, 351-364.

Schachner, D. A., Shaver. P. R., & Gillath, O. (2008). Attachment style and long-term singlehood. Personal Relationships, 15, 479-491. 

Gillath, O., McCall, C., Shaver, P. R., & Blascovich, J. (2008). What can virtual reality teach us about prosocial tendencies in real and virtual environments? Media Psychology, 11, 259-282. 

Gillath, O., Mikulincer, M., Birnbaum, G., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). When sex primes love: Subliminal sexual priming motivates relational goal pursuit. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1057-1069. 

Gillath, O., Selcuk, E., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Moving toward a secure attachment style: Can repeated security priming help? Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2/4, 1651-1666, doi:10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00120.x 

Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., Baek J. M., & Chun, S. D. (2008). Genetic correlates of adult attachment style. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1396-1405. 

Edelstein, R. S., & Gillath, O. (2008). Avoiding interference: Adult attachment and emotional processing biases. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 171-181. 

Alonso-Arbiol, I., Balluerka, N., Shaver, P. R., & Gillath, O. (2008). Psychometric properties of the Spanish and American versions of the ECR adult attachment questionnaire: A comparative study. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 24, 9-13. 

Gillath, O., Mikulincer, M., Birnbaum, G., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Does subliminal exposure to sexual stimuli have the same effects on men and women? Journal of Sex Research, 44, 1-11. 

Gillath, O., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Effects of attachment style and relationship context on selection among relational strategies. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 968-976. 

Gillath, O., & Karantzas, G.C. (2007). Predicting prosocial personality from attachment facets: Are some facets more critical than others? Conference Proceedings of the Combined 7th Australian Psychological Society Relationship Interest Group and International Association of Relationship Research Mini Conference, 41-49. 

Landau M. J., Goldenberg, J. L., Greenberg, J. Gillath, O. Solomon, S., Cox, C., Martens, A., & Pyszczynski, T. (2006). The siren's call: Terror management and the threat of men's sexual attraction to women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 129-146.s 

Gillath, O., Mikulincer, M., Fitzsimons, G. M., Shaver, P. R., Schachner, D. A. & Bargh, J. A. (2006). Automatic activation of attachment-related goals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1375-1388.

Birnbaum, G. E., Reis, H. T., Mikulincer, M., Gillath, O., & Orpaz, A. (2006). When sex is more than just sex: Attachment orientations, sexual experience, and relationship quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 929-943. 

Crawford, T. N., Shaver, P. R., Cohen, P., Pilkonis, P. A., Gillath, O., & Kasen, S. (2006). Self-reported attachment, interpersonal aggression, and personality disorder in a prospective community sample of adolescents and adults. Journal of Personality Disorders, 20, 331-351.

Birnbaum, G. E., & Gillath, O. (2006). Measuring subgoals of the sexual behavioral system: What is sex good for? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 23, 675-701.

Gillath, O., Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., Nitzberg, R. E., Erez, A., & van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2005). Attachment, caregiving, and volunteering: Placing volunteerism in an attachment-theoretical framework. Personal Relationships, 12, 425-446.

Taubman - Ben-Ari, O., Mikulincer, M., & Gillath, O. (2005). From parents to children: Similarity in parents and offspring driving styles. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 8, 19-29.

Schachner, D. A., Scheib, J. E., Gillath, O., & Shaver. P. R. (2005). Worldwide, economic development and gender equality correlate with liberal sexual attitudes and behavior: What does this tell us about evolutionary psychology? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 293-294. 

Gillath, O., Bunge, S. A., Shaver P. R., Wendelken, C., & Mikulincer, M. (2005). Attachment-style differences in the ability to suppress negative thoughts: Exploring the neural correlates. Neuroimage, 28, 835-847. 

Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., Gillath, O., & Nitzberg, R. E. (2005). Attachment, caregiving, and altruism: Boosting attachment security increases compassion and helping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 817-839. 

Taubman - Ben-Ari, O., Mikulincer, M., & Gillath, O. (2004). The multidimensional driving style inventory: Scale construction and validation. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 36, 323-332.

Mikulincer, M., Gillath, O., Sapir-Lavid, Y., Yaakobi, E., Arias, K., Tal-Aloni, L., & Bor, G. (2003). Attachment theory and concern for others' welfare: Evidence that activation of the sense of secure base promotes endorsement of self-transcendence values. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 25, 299-312. 

Mikulincer, M., Gillath, O., & Shaver, P. R. (2002). Activation of the attachment system in adulthood: Threat-related primes increase the accessibility of mental representations of attachment figures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 881-895. 

Mikulincer, M., Gillath, O., Halevy, V., Avihou, N, Avidan, S., & Eshkoli, N. (2001). Attachment theory and reactions to others' needs: Evidence that activation of the sense of attachment security promotes empathic responses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 1205-1224. 

Mikulincer, M., Hirschberger, G., Nachmias, O., & Gillath, O. (2001). The affective component of the secure base schema: Affective priming with representations of attachment security. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 305-321.