Prof. Mario Mikulincer
Founding Dean, Head of the Phd program in Psychology, former Provost
Founding Dean, Head of the Phd program in Psychology, former Provost
Mikulincer, M., Kedem, P., & Paz, D. (1990). The impact of trait anxiety and situational stress on the categorization of natural objects. Anxiety Research, 2, 85-101.
Mikulincer, M., Kedem, P., & Paz, D. (1990). Anxiety and categorization: 1. The structure and boundaries of mental categories. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, 805-814.
Mikulincer, M., Paz, D., & Kedem, P. (1990). Anxiety and categorization: 2. Hierarchical levels of mental categories. Personality and Individual Differences, 11, 815-821.
Mikulincer, M., & Segal, J. (1990). A multidimensional analysis of the experience of loneliness. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 7, 209-230.
Babkoff, H., Caspy, T., Mikulincer, M., & Sing, H. (1991). Monotonic and rhythmic influences: A challenge for sleep deprivation research. Psychological Bulletin, 109, 411-428.
Mikulincer, M., Bizman, A., & Aizenberg, R. (1991). An attributional analysis of social-comparison jealousy. Motivation and Emotion, 13, 235-258.
Mikulincer, M., & Erev, I. (1991). Attachment style and the structure of romantic love. British Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 273-291.
Mikulincer, M., Glaubman, H., Ben-Artzi, E., & Grossman, S. (1991). The cognitive specificity of learned helplessness and depression deficits: The role of self-focused cognitions. Anxiety Research, 3, 273-290.
Mikulincer, M., & Marshand, O. (1991). An excuse perspective of the learned helplessness paradigm: The self-protective role of causal attribution. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 10, 134-151.
Mikulincer, M., & Nachshon, O. (1991). Attachment styles and patterns of self-disclosure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 321-332.
Mikulincer, M., & Peer-Golding, I. (1991). Self-congruence and the experience of happiness. British Journal of Psychology, 30, 21-35.
Mikulincer, M., & Segal, J. (1991). Loneliness and the desire for intimacy: The intervening role of locus of control. Personality and Individual Differences, 12, 801-809.
Mikulincer, M., Yinon, A., & Kabili, D. (1991). Epistemic needs and learned helplessness. European Journal of Personality, 5, 249-258.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., & Weller, A. (1993). Attachment styles, coping strategies, and post-traumatic psychological distress: The impact of the Gulf War in Israel. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 817-826.
Mikulincer, M., Weller, A., & Florian, V. (1993). Sense of closeness to parents and family rules: A study of Arab and Jewish youth in Israel. International Journal of Psychology, 28, 323-335.
Waysman, M., Mikulincer, M., Solomon, Z., & Weisenberg, M. (1993). Secondary traumatization among wives of post-traumatic combat veterans: A family typology. Journal of Family Psychology, 7, 104-118.
Florian, V., Mikulincer, M., & Taubman, O. (1995). Do hardiness contribute to mental health duringa stressful real-life situation: The roles of appraisal and coping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 687-695.
Mikulincer, M. (1995). Attachment style and the mental representation of the self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 1203-1215.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1995). Stress, coping, and fear of personal death: The case of middle-age men facing early job retirement. Death Studies, 19, 413-431.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1995). Appraisal and coping with a real-life stressful situation: The contribution of attachment styles. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 408-416.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., & Solomon, Z. (1995). Marital Intimacy, Family Support, and Secondary Traumatization: A Study of Wives of Veterans with Combat Stress Reaction. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 8, 203-213.
Mikulincer, M., & Orbach, I. (1995). Attachment styles and repressive defensiveness: The accessibility and architecture of affective memories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 917-925.
Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (1997). Fear of death and the judgment of social transgressions: A multidimensional test of terror management theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 369-380.
Mikulincer, M. (1997). Adult attachment style and information processing: Individual differences in curisosity and cognitive closure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1217-1230.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1997). A cognitive-relational approach to emotions -- The appraisal and coping components of sadness, shame, guilt, jealousy, and disgust. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 16, 263-279.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1997). Are emotional and instrumental supportive interactions beneficial in times of stress? The impact of attachment style. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 10, 109-127.
Orbach, I., Mikulincer, M., King, R., Cohen, D., Stein, D., & Apter, A. (1997). Thresholds and tolerance of physical pain in suicidal and nonsuicidal patients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 646-652.
Budner, E., & Mikulincer, M. (1998). Learned helplessness and the occurrence of depressive-like and paranoid-like responses: The role of attentional focus. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1010-1023.
Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (1998). Symbolic immortality and the management of the terror of death -- The moderating role of attachment style. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 725-734.
Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (1998). Terror management in childhood: Does death conceptualization moderate the effects of mortality salience on acceptance of similar and different others? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1104-1112.
Mikulincer, M. (1998). Adult attachment style and individual differences in functional versus dysfunctional experiences of anger. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 513-524.
Mikulincer, M. (1998). Attachment working models and the sense of trust: An exploration of interaction goals and affect regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1209-1224.
Mikulincer, M. (1998). Adult attachment style and affect regulation: Strategic variations in self-appraisals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 420-435.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1998). The relationship between adult attachment styles and emotional and cognitive reactions to stressful events. In Simpson, J., & Rholes, S. (eds.,) Attachment theory and close relationships (pp. 143-165). New York: Guilford.
Mikulincer, M., Horesh, N., Levy-Shiff, R., Manovich, R., & Shalev, J. (1998). The contribution of adult attachment style to the adjustment to infertility. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 71, 265-280.
Mikulincer, M, Orbach, I., & Iavnieli, D. (1998). Adult attachment style and affect regulation: Strategic variations in subjective self-other similarity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 436-448.
Orbach, I., & Mikulincer, M. (1998). The body investment scale: Construction and validation of a body experiences scale. Psychological Assessment, 10, 415-425.
Orbach, I., Mikulincer, M., Stein, D., & Cohen, O. (1998). Self-representations of suicidal adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107, 435-439.
Mikulincer, M., & Arad, D. (1999). Attachment working models and cognitive openness in close relationships: A test of chronic and temporary accessibility effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 710-725.
Mikulincer, M. & Florian, V. (1999). The association between spouses’ self-reports of attachment styles and representations of family dynamics. Family Process, 38, 69-83.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1999). The association between parental reports of attachment style and family dynamics and offspring’s reports of adult attachment style. Family Process, 38, 243-257.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (1999). Maternal-fetal bonding, coping strategies, and mental health during pregnancy – The contribution of attachment style. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 255-276.
Mikulincer, M., & Horesh, N. (1999). Adult attachment style and the perception of others – The role of projective mechanisms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 1022-1034.
Mikulincer, M., Horesh, N., Eilati, I., & Kotler, M. (1999). The association between adult attachment style and mental health in extreme life endangering conditions. Personality and Individual Differences, 27, 831-842.
Taubman Ben-Ari, O., Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M. (1999). The impact of mortality salience on reckless driving – A test of terror management mechanisms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 35-45.
Mikulincer, M., Birnbaum, G., Woddis, D., & Nachmias, O. (2000). Stress and accessibility of proximity-related thoughts: Exploring the normative and intraindividual components of attachment theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 509-523.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2000). Exploring individual differences in reactions to mortality salience – Does attachment style regulate terror management mechanisms? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 260-273.
Mikulincer, M., & Sheffi, E. (2000). Adult attachment style and cognitive reactions to positive affect: A test of mental categorization and creative problem solving. Motivation and Emotion, 24, 149-174.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2001). Attachment style and mental health: A one-year follow-up study of mothers of infants with congenital heart disease. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 8, 956-968.
Florian, V., Mikulincer, M., & Hirschberger, G. (2001). Validation of personal identity as a terror management mechanism – Evidence that sex-role identity moderates mortality salience effects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 8, 1011-1022.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2001). Attachment style and affect regulation – Implications for coping with stress and mental health. In Fletcher, G., & Clark, M. (eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Interpersonal Processes (pp. 537-557). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers
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, 81, 305-321.
Mikulincer, M., & Selinger, M. (2001). The interplay between attachment and affiliation systems in adolescents’ same-sex friendship: The role of attachment style. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 18, 81-106.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2001). Attachment theory and intergroup bias: Evidence that priming the secure base schema attenuates negative reactions to out-groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 97-115.
Florian, V., Mikulincer, M., & Hirschberger, G. (2002). The anxiety buffering function of close relationships: Evidence that relationship commitment acts as a terror management mechanism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 527-542.
Mikulincer, M., & Florian, V. (2002). The effects of mortality salience on self-serving attributions – Evidence for the function of self-esteem as a terror management mechanism. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 24, 261-272.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., Birnbaum, G., & Malishkevich, S. (2002). The death-anxiety buffering function of close relationships: Exploring the effects of separation reminders on death-thought accessibility. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 287-299.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., Cowan, P. A., & Cowan, C. P. (2002). Attachment security in couple relationships – A systemic model and its implications for family dynamics. Family Process, 41, 405-434.
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., Florian, V., & Hirschberger, G. (2003). The existential function of close relationships – Introducing death into the science of love. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 20-40.
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, & Shaver, P. R. (2003). The Attachment behavioral system in adulthood: activation, psychodynamics, and interpersonal processes. In M. P. Zanna (ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 35, pp. 53-152). New York: Academic Press.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Pereg, D. (2003). Attachment Theory and Affect Regulation: The Dynamics, Development, and Cognitive Consequences of Attachment-Related Strategies. Motivation and Emotion, 27, 77-102.
Rom, E., & Mikulincer, M. (2003). Attachment theory and group processes: The association between attachment style and group-related representations, goals, memories, and functioning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 1220-1235.
Mikulincer, M., Dolev, T., & Shaver, P. R. (2004). Attachment-Related Strategies During Thought-Suppression: Ironic Rebounds and Vulnerable Self-Representations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 940-956.
Mikulincer, M., Florian, V., & Hirschberger, G. (2004). The terror of death and the quest for love – An existential perspective on close relationships. In J. Greenberg, S. L. Koole, & T. Pyszczynski (eds.), Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology (pp. 287-304). New York: Guilford.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2004). Security-based self-representations in adulthood: Contents and processes. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (eds.), Adult attachment: Theory, research, and clinical implications (pp. 159-195). New York: Guilford Press.
Pereg, D., & Mikulincer, M. (2004). Attachment style and the regulation of negative affect – Exploring individual differences in mood congruency effects on memory and judgment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 67-80.
Shaver, P. R., & Mikulincer, M. (2004). What do self-report attachment measures assess? In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (eds.), Adult attachment: Theory, research, and clinical implications (pp. 17-54). New York: Guilford Press.
Banai, E., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P .R. (2005). ‘Selfobject’ needs in Kohut’s self-psychology: Links with Attachment, Self-Cohesion, Affect Regulation, and Adjustment. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 22, 224-260.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Segal, Y. (2005). Rorschach Correlates of Self-Reported Attachment Dimensions: Dynamic Manifestations of Hyperactivating and Deactivating Strategies. Journal of Personality Assessment, 84, 70-81.
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. (2005). Mental representations of attachment security: Theoretical foundation for a positive social psychology. In M. W. Baldwin (ed.), Interpersonal Cognition (pp. 233-266). New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2005). Attachment security, compassion, and altruism. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14,34-38.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2005). Attachment theory and emotions in close relationships: Exploring the attachment-related dynamics of emotional reactions to relational events. Personal Relationships, 12, 149-168.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P .R., Gillath, O., & Nitzberg, R. A. (2005). Attachment, Caregiving, and Altruism: Boosting Attachment Security Increases Compassion and Helping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 817-839.
Shaver, P. R., & Mikulincer, M. (2005). Attachment Theory and Research: Resurrection of the Psychodynamic Approach to Personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 39, 22-45.
Shaver, P. R., Schachner, D. A., & Mikulincer, M. (2005). Attachment style, excessive reassurance seeking, relationship processes, and depression. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1-17.
Solomon, Z., Schklar, R., & Mikulincer, M. (2005). Front line treatment of combat stress reaction: A 20-year longitudinal study. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 2309-2314.
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.
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.
Mikulincer, M. (2006). Attachment, caregiving, and sex within romantic relationships: A behavioral systems perspective. In M. Mikulincer & G. S. Goodman (eds.), Dynamics of romantic love (pp. 23-44). New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Horesh, N. (2006). Attachment bases of emotion regulation and posttraumatic adjustment. In D. K. Snyder, J. A. Simpson, & J. N. Hughes (eds.), Emotion regulation in families: Pathways to dysfunction and health (pp. 77-99). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Slav, K. (2006). Attachment, mental representations of others, and interpersonal gratitude and forgiveness within romantic relationships. In M. Mikulincer & G. S. Goodman (eds.), Dynamics of romantic love (pp. 190-215). New York: Guilford Press.
Solomon, Z., & Mikulincer, M. (2006). Trajectories of PTSD: A 20-year longitudinal study. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 659-666.
Davidovitz, R., Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., Ijzak, R., & Popper. M. (2007). Leaders as attachment figures: Their attachment orientations predict leadership-related mental representations and followers’ performance and mental health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 632-650.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Attachment, group-related processes, and psychotherapy. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 57, 233-245.
Mikulincer, M. & Shaver, P. R. (2007). A behavioral systems perspective on the psychodynamics of attachment and sexuality. In D. Diamond, S. J. Blatt, & J. D. Lichtenberg (eds.), Attachment and sexuality (pp. 51-78). New York: The Analytic Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Boosting attachment security to promote mental health, prosocial values, and inter-group tolerance. Psychological Inquiry18, 139-156.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Reflections on security dynamics: Core constructs, psychological mechanisms, relational contexts, and the need for an integrative theory. Psychological Inquiry, 18, 197-209.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). Contributions of attachment theory and research to motivation science. In J. Shah & W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of motivation science (pp. 201-216). New York: Guilford Press.
Solomon, Z., & Mikulincer, M. (2007). Posttraumatic intrusion, avoidance, and social functioning: A 20-year longitudinal study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 316-324.
Berant, E., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Mothers’ Attachment style, their mental health, and their children’s emotional vulnerabilities: A seven-year study of children with congenital heart disease. Journal of Personality, 76, 31-66.
Gillath, O., Mikulincer, M., Birnbaum, G. E., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). When Sex Primes Love: Subliminal Sexual Priming Motivates Relational Goal Pursuit. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34. 1057-1069.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). An attachment perspective on bereavement. In M. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, H. A. W. Schut, & W. Stroebe (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research and practice: 21st century perspectives (pp. 87-110). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). Adult attachment and affect regulation. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (2nd Ed., pp. 503-531). New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). A behavioral systems perspective on romantic love. Neuro-Psychoanalysis, 10, 154-165.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2008). "Can't buy me love": An attachment perspective on social support and money as psychological buffers. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 167-173.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., Cassidy, J., & Berant, E. (2008). Attachment-related defensive processes. In J. H. Obegi & E. Berant (Eds.), Clinical Applications of Adult Attachment (pp. 293-327). New York: Guilford Press.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Gillath, O. (2008). A behavioral systems perspective on compassionate love. In L. Underwood, S. Sprecher, & B. Fehr (Eds.), The science of compassionate love: Research, theory, and application (pp. 225-256). Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2009). An attachment and behavioral-system perspective on social support. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 26, 7-19.
Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2009). Does gratitude promote prosocial behavior? The moderating role of attachment security. In M. Mikulincer & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Prosocial motives, emotions, and behavior – The better angels of our nature (pp. 267-284). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., Sapir-Lavid, Y., & Avihou-Kanza, N. (2009). What’s inside the minds of securely and insecurely attached people? The secure-base script and its associations with attachment-style dimensions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 615-633.
Ein-Dor, T., Mikulincer, M., Doron, G., & Shaver, P. R. (2010). The attachment paradox: How can so many of us (the insecure ones) have no adaptive advantages? Perspectives in Psychological Science.
Granqvist, P., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2010). Religion as attachment: Normative processes and individual differences. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14, 49-60.
Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., Bar-On, N., & Ein-Dor, T. (2010). The Pushes and Pulls of Close Relationships: Attachment Insecurities and Relational Ambivalence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 450-468.
Shaver, P. R., & Mikulincer, M. (2010). Mind-behavior relations in attachment theory and research. In C. R. Agnew, D. E. Carlston, W. G. Graziano, & J. R. Kelly (Eds.), Then a miracle occurs: Focusing on behavior in social psychological theory and research (pp. 342-367). New York: Oxford University Press.