Serena Chen

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Serena Chen is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, Stanford University, Cornell University, New York University

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Serena Chen

Psychology

#2173

World Rank

#2538

Historical Rank

#1103

USA Rank

Social Psychology

#261

World Rank

#273

Historical Rank

#125

USA Rank

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Serena Chen's Degrees

PhD Social Psychology Stanford University
Masters Psychology Stanford University
Bachelors Psychology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Serena Chen is an American social psychologist known for her work on the self and interpersonal relationships. She is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and currently serves as Chair of the Psychology Department. Her research utilizes a social-cognition framework and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other news outlets.

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Serena Chen's Published Works

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Published Works

The heuristic-systematic model in its broader context. (1999) (1170)
The relational self: an interpersonal social-cognitive theory. (2002) (786)
Self-Compassion Increases Self-Improvement Motivation (2012) (440)
Beyond accuracy: Defense and impression motives in heuristic and systematic information processing. (1996) (363)
Getting at the truth or getting along: Accuracy- versus impression-motivated heuristic and systematic processing. (1996) (329)
The relational self revealed: integrative conceptualization and implications for interpersonal life. (2006) (262)
A Reciprocal Influence Model of Social Power: Emerging Principles and Lines of Inquiry (2008) (254)
Motivated Heuristic and Systematic Processing (1999) (252)
Commission, Omission, and Dissonance Reduction: Coping with Regret in the "Monty Hall" Problem (1995) (223)
Culture and self-concept stability: consistency across and within contexts among Asian Americans and European Americans. (2007) (213)
The power to be me: Power elevates self-concept consistency and authenticity (2011) (183)
When the Boss Feels Inadequate (2009) (176)
Awe, the Diminished Self, and Collective Engagement: Universals and Cultural Variations in the Small Self (2017) (160)
Self-verification motives at the collective level of self-definition. (2004) (130)
The Role of Sleep in Interpersonal Conflict (2014) (113)
Self-compassion, Body Image, and Self-reported Disordered Eating (2014) (108)
Self-Concept Consistency and Culture: The Differential Impact of Two Forms of Consistency (2011) (104)
Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies (2020) (98)
Activating the inner caregiver: The role of support-giving schemas in increasing state self-compassion (2013) (97)
Fundamental Human Needs: Making Social Cognition Relevant (2000) (97)
Relationships from the Past in the Present: Significant-Other Representations and Transference in Interpersonal Life (1999) (86)
When dispositional and role power fit: implications for self-expression and self-other congruence. (2009) (85)
Do you get where I'm coming from?: Perceived understanding buffers against the negative impact of conflict on relationship satisfaction. (2016) (79)
Significant Others and the Self (2002) (77)
Does Power Help or Hurt? The Moderating Role of Self–Other Focus on Power and Perspective-Taking in Romantic Relationships (2013) (75)
The Self in Relation to Others: Cognitive and Motivational Underpinnings a (1997) (70)
The Relational Self (2011) (70)
Do Attitudes Affect Memory? Tests of the Congeniality Hypothesis (2001) (60)
Self-Compassion Promotes Personal Improvement From Regret Experiences via Acceptance (2016) (59)
Self-Verification and Contextualized Self-Views (2006) (59)
Collective Self-Verification Among Members of a Naturally Occurring Group: Possible Antecedents and Long-Term Consequences (2006) (51)
Facial-Feature Resemblance Elicits the Transference Effect (2010) (49)
Power and Impression Formation: The Effects of Power on the Desire for Morality and Competence Information (2004) (46)
Striving to be known by significant others: automatic activation of self-verification goals in relationship contexts. (2009) (45)
Relational Self-verification through Self-presentation: Implications for Perceptions of One’s Honesty and Authenticity (2014) (45)
The Future of Women in Psychological Science (2020) (44)
Significant others and contingencies of self-worth: activation and consequences of relationship-specific contingencies of self-worth. (2010) (43)
Ironic effects of explicit gender prejudice on women’s test performance (2009) (43)
From Me to You: Self-Compassion Predicts Acceptance of Own and Others’ Imperfections (2020) (34)
Triggering Transference: Examining the Role of Applicability in the Activation and Use of Significant-Other Representations in Social Perception (1999) (33)
From Moses to Marcos: Individual differences in the use and abuse of power. (2001) (31)
Income Inequality and White-on-Black Racial Bias in the United States: Evidence From Project Implicit and Google Trends (2019) (31)
Relational selves as self-affirmational resources (2008) (29)
Authenticity in Context: Being True to Working Selves (2019) (28)
When “mom’s the boss”: Control over domestic decision making reduces women’s interest in workplace power (2014) (27)
A multimethod investigation of depressive symptoms, perceived understanding, and relationship quality (2013) (27)
The self in relation to others: Motivational and cognitive underpinnings. (1997) (25)
Awe, daily stress, and elevated life satisfaction. (2021) (24)
Psychological-State Theories about Significant Others: Implications for the Content and Structure of Significant-Other Representations (2003) (23)
Psychological Science in the Wake of COVID-19: Social, Methodological, and Metascientific Considerations (2020) (23)
Having a Thicker Skin (2015) (22)
The Power in Being Yourself: Feeling Authentic Enhances the Sense of Power (2018) (21)
A Compassionate Self Is a True Self? Self-Compassion Promotes Subjective Authenticity (2019) (21)
High CEO-to-worker pay ratios negatively impact consumer and employee perceptions of companies (2018) (20)
Examining the Effects of Power as a Function of Self-Construals and Gender (2002) (20)
The power to control time: Power influences how much time (you think) you have (2014) (19)
The role of theories in mental representations and their use in social perception: A theory-based approach to significant-other representations and transference. (2001) (17)
When You Accept Me for Me: The Relational Benefits of Intrinsic Affirmations From One’s Relationship Partner (2010) (16)
Conducting Social Psychological Research in the Wake of COVID-19 (2020) (16)
Social Class Competence Stereotypes Are Amplified by Socially Signaled Economic Inequality (2020) (16)
Transference occurs across group boundaries (2010) (14)
Being Your Actual or Ideal Self? What It Means to Feel Authentic in a Relationship (2017) (14)
Self-compassion promotes positive adjustment for people who attribute responsibility of a romantic breakup to themselves (2017) (9)
Automaticity in Close Relationships (2013) (8)
Socioeconomic inequality undermines relationship quality in romantic relationships (2020) (7)
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Self-Verification Motives (2008) (7)
Transference and the relational self (2013) (6)
Social power and the self. (2020) (5)
Plot-Scale Experimental Studies (2011) (4)
When does changing emotions harm authenticity? Distinct reappraisal strategies differentially impact subjective and observer-rated authenticity (2020) (4)
Transference and the relational self: Intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences in everyday social life (2008) (3)
Signi¢cant Others andthe Self (2002) (2)
Self-compassion increases self-improvement motivation: (512142015-364) (2014) (2)
Inequality in the minimal group paradigm: How relative wealth and its justification influence ingroup bias (2020) (2)
Time and class: How socioeconomic status shapes conceptions of the future self (2020) (2)
Perceived Self-Size Scale (2017) (1)
Intersectional implicit bias: Evidence for asymmetrically compounding bias and the predominance of target gender. (2022) (1)
The Spread of Online Fascism (2020) (1)
Social dominance and multiple dimensions of psychopathology: An experimental test of reactivity to leadership and subordinate roles (2021) (1)
Disordered Eating Behaviors Scale (2016) (1)
They Love Me, They Love Me Not?: Social Power Shapes Expectations of Acceptance and Concerns about Rejection (2017) (1)
Perceiving couples as discrete units: The existence of couple‐level identities (2020) (1)
Self-Improvement Motivation Measure (2015) (1)
PSPB Running Head : SELF-VERIFICATION AND CONTEXTUALIZED SELF-VIEWS Self-Verification and Contextualized Self-Views (2006) (0)
Past and Future Transgressions Measure (2015) (0)
'I have high self-compassion': A Face-Valid Single-Item Self-Compassion Scale for Resource-Limited Research Contexts. (2022) (0)
Relationship-specific contingencies of self-worth Significant Others and Contingencies of Self-Worth : Activation and Consequences of Relationship-Specific Contingencies of Self (2009) (0)
Power as Active Self (2018) (0)
Cerebellar impulsivity–compulsivity assessment scale (2022) (0)
Giving support increases self-compassion: (527772014-676) (2011) (0)
Vicarious collective self-verification: Your verification is my verification: (514412014-421) (2014) (0)
A Framework for Response (2020) (0)
The effects of a transdiagnostic prevention programme for behavioural and emotional difficulties, self-esteem and prosocial behaviour among primary school children in Malaysia: a preliminary study (2019) (0)
Observer-Rated Personal Improvement Measure (2016) (0)
To Thine Own Self be True!: Ascending the Organizational Hierarchy Through Authenticity (2020) (0)
Self-Compassion Scale–Short Form--Modified (2016) (0)
Power in Relationships Measure (2014) (0)
7 Plot-Scale Experimental Studies (2017) (0)
COMMENTARIES Fundamental Human Needs: Making Social Cognition Relevant (0)
Do close others help or harm? The influence of activated significant-other representations on stigma-relevant appraisals: (633872013-667) (2003) (0)
Daily Self-Esteem Measure (2016) (0)
Transference and the Relational Self 13 (2013) (0)
State Self-Compassion Measure (2016) (0)
Individual differences in social power and emotion regulation: Links with suppression, reappraisal, and acceptance. (2022) (0)
Size of Social Network and Strength of Working Alliance Predict Perceived Valence of Social Rewards during Psychotherapy for Late-life Depression (2022) (0)
The Gap Between Us: Income Inequality Reduces Social Affiliation in Dyadic Interactions. (2023) (0)
"It builds trust with the customers" - Exploring User Perceptions of the Padlock Icon in Browser UI (2022) (0)
Chen, Serena (2018) (0)
Self-Compassion Scale--Adapted (2016) (0)
Analysis of Self- Verifi cation Motives (2008) (0)
Examining the E ¡ ects of Power as a Function of Self-Construals andGender (2002) (0)
Self-reported Personal Improvement Measure (2016) (0)
"Self-verification motives at the collective level of self-definition": Correction to Chen et al. (2004). (2004) (0)
Plot-scale experimental study in semi-arid Brazil (2018) (0)
Emotions Regret Postings Coding Scheme (2016) (0)
Self-Esteem Regret Postings Coding Scheme (2016) (0)
The Psychology of Rivalry by Gavin James Kilduff A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in the Graduate Division (2010) (0)
Romantic Relationships Other Focus on Power and Perspective-Taking in − Does Power Help or Hurt ? The Moderating Role of Self (2013) (0)
Four Failures to Demonstrate that Scarcity Magnifies Preference for Familiarity (2019) (0)

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