Publications

* =Equal Contribution; # = Undergraduate Mentee

Under Review

Dhaliwal, T., Orvell, A., Kross, E., Gelman, S.A. (under review, Cognitive Science). When does “you” mean “everyone”? A cross-linguistic analysis of generic person markers.

Orvell, A. & Luo, J.# (second reject + resubmit under revision, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Expanding our view of emotion regulation choice: when and why people “outsource” reappraisal.

Published & In-Press

*Orvell, A., *Simmons, E., Umscheid, V., Elli, G., Gelman, S.A. (in press, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General). From “me” to “we”: How perspective shifts in language can shape children’s judgments about kindness, caring, and inclusivity.

*Baldwin, C., *Schertz, K., *Orvell, A., Costello, C., Takahashi, S., Moser, J., Ayduk, O.,  Kross, E. (2025). Emotion. Managing emotions in everyday life: Why a toolbox of strategies matters.

Niu, M., Gelman, S.A., Jurgens, D., Kross, E., Provost, E.M., Orvell, A. (2025). Scientific Reports. The persuasive role of generic-you in online interactions. 15(1), 1347.

Orvell, A. (2024) Applying social psychology to the self and beyond. In C.A Sanderson & R. Totton (Eds.), Teaching Social Psychology. Elgar.

#Lebrón-Cruz, A. & Orvell, A. (2023).I am what I am: The role of essentialist beliefs and           neurodivergent identification on individuals’ self-efficacy. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001457

  • Winner of the Undergraduate Student Poster Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Orvell, A., Elli, G., Umscheid, V., Simmons, E., Kross, E., & Gelman, S. A. (2022). Learning the rules of the game: The role of generic “you” and “we” in shaping children’s interpretations of norms. Child Development, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13846

Orvell, A.,Kross, E., Gelman, A. (2022) What “You” and “We” Say About “Me”: How small shifts in language function as both windows and levers. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

*Orvell, A., *Bruehlman-Senecal, E., Vickers, B., Kross, E., & Ayduk, O. (2022). From laboratory to daily life: Self-distancing training buffers against daily rumination and depression over time. Journal of Psychology and Consciousness.

*Salvador, C. E., *Orvell, A., Kross, E., & Gelman, S. A. (2022). How Spanish speakers express norms using generic person markers. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-11.

Orvell, A., Kross, E., Gelman, S.A. (2020). “You” speaks to me. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Fujita, K., Orvell, A., & Kross, E. (2020). Smarter, Not Harder: A Toolbox Approach to Enhancing Self-Control. Policy Insights from Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Orvell, A., Vickers, B., Drake, B., Ayduk, O., Moser, J., Jonides, J., & Kross, E. (2020). Does distanced self-talk facilitate emotion regulation across a range of emotionally intense experiences? Clinical Psychological Science.

Orvell, A., Ayduk, O., Moser, J., Gelman, S.A., & Kross, E. (2019) Linguistic shifts: A relatively effortless route to emotion regulation? Current Directions in Psychological Science.

Orvell, A. (2021, September 15). Lost perspective? Try this linguistic trick to reset your view. Invited submission for Psyche + Aeon Magazine.

Orvell, A., Kross, E., Gelman, S.A., (2019). “You” and “I” in a Foreign Land: The persuasive force of generic-you. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Orvell, A. (2020, February 24). The persuasive power of you. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, invited submission for “Character and Context” blog

Orvell, A., & Kross, E. (2019). How self-talk promotes self-regulation: Implications for  coping with emotional pain. In S. Rudert, R. Greifender, & K. Williams (Eds.) Current Directions in Ostracism, Social Exclusion and Rejection Research.

Lee, D., Orvell, A., Briskin, J., Shrapnell, T., Gelman, S., Ayduk, O., Ybarra, O., & Kross, E. (2019). When chatting about negative experiences  helps—and when it hurts: Distinguishing adaptive vs. maladaptive social support in computer-mediated communication. Emotion.

Orvell, A., Kross, E., & Gelman, S. A. (2019). Lessons Learned: Young children’s use of generic-you to make meaning from negative experiences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 

Orvell, A., Kross, E., & Gelman, S.A. (2018). That’s how you do it: Generic “you” expresses   norms in early childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Orvell, A., Kross, E., & Gelman, S.A. (2017). How “you” makes meaning. Science.

Kross, E., *Vickers, B, *Orvell, A., *Gainsburg, I., Jonides, J., Moser, J., & Ayduk, O. (2017). Third-person self-talk reduces Ebola worry and risk perception by enhancing rational thinking. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being.

Verduyn, P., Lee, D. S., Park, J., Shablack, H., Orvell, A., Bayer, J., Ybarra, O., Jonides, J., & Kross, E. (2015). Passive Facebook usage undermines affective well-being: Experimental and longitudinal evidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.