Sebnem Ture, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publications
Research articles, chapters, manuscripts, and conference presentations.
Accepted / Under Review
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Lind, M., Ture, S., McAdams, D. P., & Cowan, H. R. (accepted for publication).
Volitional personality change across traits, goals, and narrative identity.
American Psychologist. Accepted manuscript
Published Work
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Ture, S. (2026).
Life narratives in social and historical context: Historical consciousness and the narrative processing of collective crises through emotion and meaning.
Doctoral dissertation, Northwestern University. -
Ture, S., Lam, P. H., Ouellet, L., Simpson, A., Hassinen, K., McAdams, D. P., & Reischer, H. N. (2026).
Agency and communion across nine years of middle adulthood: Between- and within-person associations with well-being and developmental outcomes.
Journal of Adult Development, 33, 488–504.
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Ture, S., Bonner, C. V., Yuan, M., & McAdams, D. P. (2026).
Historical consciousness: Recollections of major historical events in the personal life story.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 52(7), 1750–1765.
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McAdams, D. P., & Ture, S. (2026).
Narrative identity.
In K. E. Vail III, D. R. Van Tongeren, R. J. Schlegel, J. Greenberg, L. A. King, & R. M. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of the science of existential psychology (pp. 617–629). Guilford Press.
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Lind, M., Ture, S., McAdams, D. P., & Cowan, H. R. (2024).
Narrative identity, traits, and trajectories of depression and well-being: A 9-year longitudinal study.
Psychological Science, 35(12), 1325–1339.
https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241296512
Manuscripts in Preparation
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Ture, S., Cowan, H. R., McAdams, D. P., & Lind, M. (manuscript in preparation).
Narrative processing of yearly life challenges and wellbeing across late midlife: A topic modeling approach. -
Jones, C. M., Ture, S., & Mitchell, A. (manuscript in preparation).
“This didn't just pop up out of nowhere”: Multiracial and monoracial Black adults contextualizing Black Lives Matter 2020.
Conference Presentations
Jones, C. M., Ture, S., Mitchell, A., & Rogers, O. (2025, June).
Prompted to (re)consider: Black Lives Matter as a catalyst for Black (multi)racial identity processes
[Paper presentation]. Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), Charleston, South Carolina, USA.Ture, S., Kim, A., & Haase, C. M. (2025, March).
Emotional vs. issue resolution in marital conflict: A thematic conversation analysis
[Poster presentation]. Society for Affective Science Conference, Oregon.Ture, S., Cowan, H. R., McAdams, D. P. & Lind, M. (2025, February).
Narrative Processing of Yearly Life Challenges and Wellbeing Across Late Midlife: A Topic Modeling Approach
[Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Denver, CO.Ture, S., Yuan, M., Bonner, C., & McAdams, D. P. (2024, August).
Exploring Historical Consciousness: Incorporating the recollection of major historical events into the personal life story
[Symposium]. Biannual Meeting of the European Association of Personality Psychology, Berlin, Germany.Lind, M., Ture, S., Cowan, R.H., McAdams, D. (2023, August).
Challenging life events across time: well-being and depression
In Lind, M & Thomsen, D.K. (chairs), Autobiographical memory, life narratives, and mental health [Symposium]. The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Nagoya, Japan.Ture, S., Yuan, M., Bonner, C., & McAdams, D. P. (2023, June).
Exploring Historical Consciousness: Incorporating the recollection of major historical events into the personal life story
[Poster presentation]. Special Interest Conference on Narrative Identity, Lille, France.Lind, M., Ture, S., Cowan, R.H., McAdams, D. (2023, June).
Challenging life events across time: well-being and depression
[Symposium]. The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Lille, France.Ture, S., Datta A., Lam P., & McAdams, D. P. (2023, February).
Value and theme in the life Stories of late midlife adults: dimensions of agency and communion
[Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.Ture, S., Datta A., & McAdams, D. P. (2022, July).
Correlates of agency and communion in narrated values and life themes of late midlife adults
[Poster presentation]. Biannual Meeting of the European Association of Personality Psychology, Madrid, Spain.Ture, S., Reischer, H. N., Hassinen, K. C., & McAdams, D. P. (2022, February).
Exploratory processing and growth in life stories of late-midlife adults over nine years
[Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco, CA.