Marta Elliott, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Department Of Sociology Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Social Psychology Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 1994 MA, BA, Ohio State University 1990, 1988

Current Research:

I am working on a book entitled Coming Unhinged that is based on my interviews with patients in a local mental hospital. I am also overseeing a two-year project funded by the Nevada Public Health Trust Fund in which we (with three colleagues in Psychiatry) are collecting and analyzing narratives from survivors of near-lethal suicide attempts. In addition, I continue to mine secondary data sets in pursuit of a greater understanding of how religious engagement enhances, or harms, psychological well-being.

Selected Publications:

Elliott, Marta and Hayward , R.David. 2007. “Religion and Well-Being in a Church without a Creed.” Mental Health, Religion, & Culture 10(2):109-126.

Elliott, Marta. Forthcoming. “Gender Differences in the Causes of Work and Family Strain Among Academic Faculty.” Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

Bennett, Kymberly and Elliott, Marta. 2005. “Depressive Symptoms and Health among Cardiovascular Disease Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35(12): 2620-2642.

Bennett, Kymberly and Elliott, Marta. 2005. “Pessimistic Explanatory Style and Cardiac Health: What is the Nature of the Relation and the Mechanism that Links Them?” Ba sic and Applied Social Psychology, 27( 3): 239-248.

Bennett, Patrick, Elliott, Marta and Peters, Danya. 2005. “Teacher and Family effects on Children’s Social Skills and Behavioral Problems in Kindergarten. ” The Elementary School Journal , 105 (5):461-480.  

Jambor, Edina and Elliott, Marta. 2005. “Self-esteem and Coping Strategies Among Deaf Students.” Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 10 (1).

Contact Info:

You can e-mail Dr. Elliott at melliott@unr.edu