Autobiographical narrative and identity processes
- Wasinger, G., & Costabile, K.A. (in press). The social utility of redemption: Contextual demands and normative modelling in autobiographical memory. Memory.

- Costabile, K.A., Boytos, A., Wasinger, G., & Bognar, E. (2025). Registered Report: Conversational Remembering about Personal Lived Experiences: Shared Reality and Autobiographical Reflection: Stage 1. Peer Community In: Registered Reports.
- Boytos, A. S., & Costabile, K. A. (2023). Shared reality, memory goal satisfaction, and psychological well-being during conversational remembering. Memory, 1-16.
- Boytos, A. S., & Costabile, K. A. (2022). Social Influence and Autobiographical Recall: Shared Reality and Epistemic Trust Shape Perceptions of Autobiographical Events. Social Cognition, 40(5), 411-437.
- Boytos, A.S. Costabile, K.A. & Logan, T. (2023). Describing autobiographical memories: Effects of shared reality and audience attitude valence on perceived authenticity and self-esteem. Self and Identity.
- Costabile, K.A., & Boytos, A.S. (2021). Autobiographical narratives reflect, repair, and rewrite self-views. Psychological Inquiry
- Austin, A.B. & Costabile, K.A. (2021). Memory as a source for competence need satisfaction. Motivation and Emotion, 45, pages 456–472.
- Costabile, K.A. & Austin, A.B. (2020). Memories of me, memories of we: Trait self-knowledge, prototypical norms, and autobiographical memories. Self and Identity.
- Boytos, A.S., Costabile, K.A, Austin, A.B., & Short, K.A. (2019). Feminism, gender, and agentic and communal themes in autobiographical narratives. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research.doi: 10.1007/s11199-019-01089-x
- Costabile, K.A., Boland, S.E., & Persky, S. (2019). Preferred level of categorization as a strategy to manage chronic illness-related identity among individuals with type 1 versus type 2 diabetes. Self and Identity.
- Costabile, K.A. & Austin, A.B. (2018). A riot on campus: The effects of social identity complexity on emotions and reparative attitudes after ingroup-perpetrated violence, Aggressive Behavior, 44, 50-59.
- Austin, A.B., & Costabile, K.A. (2017). Two routes to optimism: How agentic and communal thematic content of autobiographical memories guides optimism for the future. Memory, 10 1358-1365.
- Klein, S. B., Cosmides, L., & Costabile, K. A. (2003). Knowledge of self in a case of Alzheimer’s Dementia, Social Cognition, 21, 2, 157-165.
- Klein, S. B., Cosmides, L., Costabile, K. A., & Mei, L. (2002). Is there something special about the self? A neuropsychological case study. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 490-506.
- Klein, S. B., Cosmides, L., Gangi, C.E., Jackson, B., Tooby, J., & Costabile, K. A. (2009). Evolution and Episodic Memory: An analysis and demonstration of the social function of episodic recollection. Social Cognition, 27, 283-319.
Narrative Comprehension and Narrative Construction
- Bognar, E., & Costabile, K.A. (in press). Direct and vicarious routes to relatedness need satisfaction through narrative media. Journal of Media Psychology.
- Costabile, K.A. (2020). Mental simulation in narrative comprehension and construction. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice.
- Costabile, K. A., & Madon, S. (2019). Downstream Effects of Dispositional Inferences on Confirmation Biases. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 557-570.
- Costabile, K.A., Shedlosky-Shoemaker, R., & Austin, A.B. (2018). Universal Stories: How narratives satisfy core motives. Self and Identity, 4, 418-431.
- Costabile, K. A. (2016). Narrative Construction, Social Perceptions, and the Situation Model. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 589-602.
- Shedlosky-Shoemaker, R.A., Costabile, K.A., & Arkin, R.M. (2014). Fictional characters as a source of self-expansion. Self and Identity, 13, 556-578.
- Costabile, K.A. & Terman, A.W. (2013). Effect of Film Music on Psychological Transportation and Narrative Persuasion. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 316-324.
- Costabile, K. A. (2011). Rude or Rushed? Effects of narrative and impression processing objectives on person perceptions. Social Cognition, 29, 445-475.
- Shedlosky-Shoemaker, R.A., Costabile, K.A., DeLuca, H., & Arkin, R.M. (2011). Effects of others’ evaluations on our entertainment experience. Journal of Media Psychology, 23, 111-121.
- Costabile, K. A. & Klein, S. B. (2008). Understanding and Predicting Social Events: The effects of narrative construction on inference generation. Social Cognition, 26, 455-472.
Social perception and attributions
- Costabile, K.A., Fremling, L., Wasinger, G., Bognar, E., & Persky, S. (forthcoming). Causal Attributions and Chronic Illness: Blame, stigma, and self-care for individuals with diabetes and related health conditions. To appear in J. Siegal and S. Hareli (Eds.) Attribution Handbook. Edward Elger Publishing.
- Persky, S., Costabile, K.A., & Telaak, S.H. (2024). Diabetes causal attributions: Pathways to stigma and health. Stigma and Health.
- Telaak, S., Persky, S., & Costabile, K.A. (2023). The influence of weight on psychosocial well-being in diabetes. BMC Psychology, 11, 139.
- Austin, A.B., Costabile, K.A. & Smith, L. (2021). Social judgments, social media, and self-deprecation. Role of information source and valence on trait and favorability judgments. Journal of Media Psychology
- Rose, M., Costabile, K.A., Boland, S.E., Cohen, R., & Persky, S. (2019). Diabetes causal attributions among affected and unaffected individuals. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 7, e000708. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000708
- Costabile, K. A. & Madon, S. (2019). Downstream Effects of Dispositional Inferences on Confirmation Biases. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 557-570.
- Costabile, K. A. (2011). Rude or Rushed? Effects of narrative and impression processing objectives on person perceptions. Social Cognition, 29, 445-475.
- Costabile, K. A. & Klein, S. B. (2008). Understanding and Predicting Social Events: The effects of narrative construction on inference generation. Social Cognition, 26, 455-472.
- Costabile, K.A. (2009). Biased Memory, Biased Verdicts: Memory effects in juror judgments. In S. Bieneck, M. Oswald, & J. Hupfeld-Heinemann (Eds.) Social Psychology of Punishment of Crime, London: Wiley-Blackwell, 315-335.
- Costabile, K. A. & Klein, S. B. (2005). Finishing Strong: Recency effects in juror judgments. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 27, 47-58.