Yelyzaveta DiStefano
Education:
MA in Applied Social Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
BS in Psychology, Saint Louis University
Research Interests:
Queer Psychology
Sexual Harassment
Essentialism
Specialization:
Social Psychology
Research Methods
Selected Articles
Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Osteen, C., & Distefano, Y. (2018). Experimental demonstrations of the earned dogmatism effect using a variety of optimal manipulations: commentary and response to Calin-Jageman (2018). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 250-258.
Selected Research Presentations
Y., DiStefano. (2020, June). Layperson’s Situation-Dependent Norms Surrounding Politician Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment. Annual Graduate School Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Y., DiStefano. (2020, May). Layperson’s Situation-Dependent Norms Surrounding Politician Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment. Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. (Conference cancelled)
Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Osteen, C., & DiStefano, Y. (2019, April). Experimental Demonstrations of the Earned Dogmatism Effect Using Optimal Manipulations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Osteen, C., & DiStefano, Y. (2018, April). Self-Perceptions of High Political Expertise Increase Dogmatism: A Success Versus Failure Manipulation of Role Occupation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
Foulkrod, T., Ma, L., & DiStefano, Y. (2018, April) Are Conscientiousness and the Facet of Perfectionism Associated with Speed and Accuracy on a Simple Verb Judgment Task. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL
DiStefano, Y., Roffler, M., & Willoughby, L.M. (2015, May). Prosocial Motivation and Prospective Memory Performance. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
DiStefano, Y., Porter, S., Mijatovic, A., & Heffernan, T. (2015, May). Boredom as an Ego Depletion Mechanism. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Roffler, M., Beussink, C., DiStefano, Y., & Willoughby, L.M. (2014, May). The Effects of Resource Depletion on Prospective Memory. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.