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Stacy Eltiti

Director of Research
Associate Professor of Psychology

DepartmentsRosemead School of Psychology
Undergraduate Psychology Department
Biola AffiliationsFaculty

Documents

CV Document (PDF)

Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of Essex, United Kingdom
  • M.A., California State University, San Bernardino
  • B.A., California State University, Long Beach

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Biography

Stacy Eltiti completed her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Following doctoral studies, she worked on several research grants. The most noteworthy of which, investigated possible health effects from exposure to electromagnetic fields produced by cell phone base stations. Here at Biola, Eltiti teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of statistics, experimental and cognitive psychology. Eltiti supervises both Ph.D. and Psy.D. research. She also serves as the Director of Research at Rosemead School of Psychology.

Stacy Eltiti's appointment calendar is available.

Affiliations

  • Association for Psychological Science (Member, 2007-present)

Awards

  • Williams, W. & Eltiti, S. (Awarded 2023). Influence of gratitude and contentment on the relationship between social media addiction and implicit and explicit measures of self-control. Funded by the Faculty Research and Development Grant, Biola University.

Publications (Selected)

  • Pak, J.H., & Eltiti, S. (2023). Integrating theology in teaching quantitative and qualitative research in psychology. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 42(1), 15 – 28.
  • Zavala-Barajas, S., Eltiti, S., & Crawford, N. (2022). Contributing factors in the successful repatriation of long-term adult Christian missionaries. Journal of Psychology and Theology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/009164...
  • Kim, J. O., Eltiti, S., Crawford, N., & Pak, J. (2019). Effect of cultural identification and family affection on coping abilities in missionary kids. Journal of Religion and Health, 58, 1872 - 1885. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-...
  • Eltiti, S., Wallace, D., Russo, R., & Fox, E. (2018). Symptom presentation in idiopathic environmental intolerance with attribution to electromagnetic fields: Evidence for a nocebo effect based on data re-analyzed from two previous provocation studies. Frontier in Psychology, 9, 1563. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg....

Presentations

  • Bagcus, J.R., Williams, J., & Eltiti., S. (2023, April 27 – 30). Effects of emotion regulation training on participants’ attentional biases toward threatening information and state-anxiety [Paper presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103 rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Chan, C., & Eltiti, S. (2023, April 27 – 30). Impact of political affiliation and source credibility on belief in COVID-19 misinformation [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103 rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Eltiti, S., Smith, S., & Greenberg, M. (2023, April 27 – 30). COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: Impact of social exclusion and conspiracy exposure [Paper presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103 rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Jones, T., Eltiti, S., & Williams, J. (2023, April 27 – 30). Effects of childhood trauma on coping in adults with PTSD symptoms [Paper presentation]. Western Psychological Association Convention. 103 rd Annual Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Kainz, M., Kim, C., Tamaki, A., Eltiti, S. (2023, April 27 – 30). The impact of self-compassion and shame on emotional expressiveness [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103 rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Kim, M., Williams, J., & Eltiti, S. (2023, April 27 – 30). Suffering and God image: The moderating effect of gratitude [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Lee, L., Williams, J., & Eltiti, S. (2023, April 27 – 30). The interaction between sensory processing sensitivity, childhood experience, and the big five on attentional bias [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103 rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Nannan, A., Eltiti, S., Brunt, J. (2023, April 27 – 30). Relationship between adult and God attachment and emotional distress: A moderation mediation model with emotion focused coping and social media addiction. [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...
  • Tamaki, A., Kim, C., Kainz, M., Eltiti, S. (2023, April 27 – 30). Examining differences in the experience and expression of shame between cultures [Poster presentation]. Western Psychological Association 103 rd Annual Convention. Riverside, CA, United States. https://www.xcdsystem.com/wpa/...

Research Interests

  • Anxiety
  • Attention
  • Gratitude
  • Missionaries
  • MKs and TCKs
  • Technology and Health
  • Trauma
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Post-traumatic Growth

Areas of Expertise for Media Interviews

  • Anxiety
  • Attention
  • Cognition and Emotion
  • Culture
  • Depression
  • Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
  • Idiopathic Environmental Intolerances
  • Positive Affect
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • Trauma
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