Esra Ascigil

LIFE Fellow from 2020 to 2022, University of Michigan

PhD

Dissertation completed in July 2022

Affiliative Responses to External Stress in Couples

Advisors: Robin Edelstein & Amie Gordon

Selected Publications

Ascigil, E., Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, E., Sandstrom, G. M., & Aydin, E. (2025). Minimal social interactions and life satisfaction: The role of greeting, thanking, and conversing. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(2), 202–213. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550623120979

Ascigil, E., Wardecker, B. M., Chopik, W. J., Edelstein, R. S. (2021). Division of baby care in heterosexual and lesbian couples: Expectations versus reality. Journal of Marriage and Family, 83(2), 584–594. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12729

Ascigil, E., Selcuk, E., Gunaydin, G., & Ong, A. (2020). Integrating models of marital functioning to understand the mental health consequences of the Great Recession. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(7), 2118–2135. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520918938