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Institution
University of California, BerkeleyCurrent Position
Associate Professor Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychology from New York University, 1997
Research Interests
 | Close Relationships |
| Intergroup Relations |
| Interpersonal Processes |
| Self/Identity |
| Social Cognition |
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Serena Chen
Department of Psychology
3413 Tolman Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California 94720-1650
U.S.A.
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Phone: (510) 643-0843
Fax: (510) 642-5293
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My research interests focus on (1) the self and (2) close relationships and intergroup relations. My approach to studying these areas is influenced by social-cognitive theory and methods, such as work on knowledge accessibility and dual-process models. In my view, merging social cognition with the self, close relationships, and intergroup relations is useful because it highlights the fundamentally social nature of perceiving, interpreting, judging, and behaving.I am especially interested in studying how one’s relationships with significant others and one’s group memberships influence self-definition, self-evaluation, and self-regulation. For example, a colleague and I have recently proposed a framework to study the relational self, or the self in relation to significant others. We argue that the phenomenon of transference plays a major role in shaping the nature of the self in the course of everyday life. Our theory accounts for both stability and malleability in the relational self, and leaves room for social bases of the self beyond significant others, such as the social groups to which one belongs.
 Journal Articles:
 Andersen, S. M., & Chen, S. (2002). The relational self: An interpersonal social-cognitive theory. Psychological Review, 109, 619-645.
- Chen, S. (2003). Psychological-state theories about significant others: Implications for the content and structure of significant-other representations. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin,29, 1285-1302.
- Chen, S., & Boucher, H. C. (in press). Relational selves as self-affirmational resources. Journal of Research in Personality.
- Chen, S., & Boucher, H. C., & Tapias, M. P. (2006). The relational self revealed: Integrative conceptualization and implications for interpersonal life. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 151-179.
- Chen, S., Chen, K.Y., & Shaw, L. (2004). Self-verification motives at the collective level of self-definition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 77-94.
- Chen, S., English, T., & Peng, K. (2006). Self-verification and contextualized self-views. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 930-942.
- Chen, S., Lee-Chai, A. Y., & Bargh, J. A. (2001). Relationship orientation as a moderator of the effects of social power. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 173-187.
- Chen, S., Shaw, L. T., & Jeung, K. Y. (2006). Collective self-verification among members of a naturally occurring group: Possible antecedents and long-term consequences. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 101-115.
- English, T., & Chen, S. (2007). Culture and self-concept stability: Consistency across and within contexts among Asian- and European-Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 478-490.
Other Publications:
- Chen, S. (2001). The role of theories in mental representations and their use in social perception: A theory-based approach to significant-other representations and transference. In G.B. Moskowitz (Ed.), Cognitive social psychology: The legacy and future of social cognition (pp. 125-142). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Chen, S., & Andersen, S. M. (in press). The relational self in transference: Intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences in everyday social life. In J. V. Wood, A. Tesser, & J. G. Holmes (Eds.), Self and Relationships (pp. xxx-xxx). New York: Psychology Press.
- Chen, S., & Andersen, S. M. (1999). Relationships from the past in the present: Significant-other representations and transference in interpersonal life. In M.P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 31, pp. 123-190). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
- Chen, S., Fitzsimons, G. M., & Andersen, S. M. (2006). Automaticity and close relationships. In J. A. Bargh (Ed.), Social Psychology and the unconscious: The automaticity of higher mental processes (pp. 133-172). New York: Psychology Press.
- English, T., Chen, S., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (in press). A cross-cultural analysis of self-verification motives. In R. M. Sorrentino & S. Yamaguchi (Eds.), Handbook of Motivation and Cognition within and across Cultures. XXXXX: Elsevier/Academic Press.
- Keltner, D., Van Kleef, G. A., Chen, S., Kraus, M. W. (in press). A reciprocal influence model of social power: Emerging principles and lines of inquiry. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. XX, pp. XXX-XXX). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
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