Shelly L. Gable
Psychology (University of California, Santa Barbara)
3822 Psychology East, Building #251
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660
Phone: 805.893.6051
Fax: 805.893.4303
email: gable@psych.ucsb.edu
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Research:
I examine motivation, emotion, health, and well-being in the context of close personal relationships. Specifically, I am interested in how approach social motive and goal systems differ from avoidance social motive and goal systems. For example, how does "wanting to find someone" or "have fun with my wife" differ from "not wanting to be alone" or "not fight with my wife" in terms of attention, emotional experience, and social interaction?
Selected Publications:
Eisenberger, N. I., Gable, S. L., & Lieberman, M. D. (in press). Generalizing from the scanner to real-world social interactions: A joint fMRI-daily experience sampling study. Emotion.
Gable, S. L., & Berkman, E. T. (in press). Making connections and avoiding loneliness: Approach and avoidance social motives Manuscript to appear in A. J. Elliot (Ed.) Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Maisel, N. & Gable, S. L. (in press). For richer..., in good time..., and in health: Positive processes in close relationships. Manuscript to appear in S. J. Lopez (Ed.) Handbook of Positive Psychology, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press.
Scinta, A. & Gable, S. L. (in press). Implicit attitudes about romantic partners. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Gable, S. L. (in press). Positive Psychology. In R. Baumeister and K. Vohs (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Strachman, A. & Gable, S. L. (in press). Approach and avoidance commitment. Motivation and Emotion.
Gable, S. L., Gonzaga, G., & Strachman, A. (2006). Will you be there for me when things go right? Social Support for Positive Events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 904-917.
Strachman, A., & Gable, S. L. (2006). What you want (and don't want) affects what you see (and don't see): Avoidance social goals and social events. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1446-1458.
Gable, S. L. (2006). Approach and avoidance social motives and goals. Journal of Personality, 71, 175-222.
Gable, S. L., Strachman, A. N. (2007). Approaching social rewards and avoiding social punishments: Appetitive and aversive social motivation. Invited chapter to appear in J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.) Handbook of motivation science.
Gable. S. L. & La Guardia, J. (2006). Positive processes in close relationships across time, partners, and context: A multilevel approach. Invited chapter to appear in A. D. Ong & M. V. Dulmen (Eds.) Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Gable, S. L. & Reis, H. T. (2006). Intimacy and the self: An iterative model of the self and close relationships. In P. Noller and J. Feeney (Eds.) Close Relationships: Functions Forms, and Processes. (pp. 211 -225) Psychology Press.
Elliot, A. J., Gable, S. L., & Mapes, R. R. (2006). Approach and avoidance motivation in the social domain. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 378-391.
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