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Ms Filia J. Garivaldis 

Pathway Leader, Lecturer in Psychology

Contact at garivaldisf@regents.ac.uk

Department

School of Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology

Faculty

HASS (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences)

Professional affiliation(s)

• Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria, Australia
• Australian Psychological Society
• Registered Psychologist Greece

Qualifications

• Dec 2006 – 2011   Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Monash University, Melbourne 
• 2003 – 2004    Master of Organisational Psychology - Monash University, Melbourne
• 2001 – 2002   Organisational Psychology (BA Honours) - University of New England, Australia
• 1998-2000   Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) - Monash University, Melbourne

Biography

Filia is the Pathway Leader for the BA in Psychology of Webster University. She is an Organisational Psychologist, and began her academic career through lecturing at Monash University, Australia. Filia also has several years of industry experience in organisational settings, in training, recruitment, and professional development functions.

Filia has submitted her PhD research on the cognitive and emotional states of individuals as encapsulated by self-regulation theory, and how these states influence individuals’ expectations and experiences of future events. Her further research interests include implicit and ambivalent emotions, the self, self-regulation, optimism, and expectations in workplace and health contexts.

At Regent’s College Filia teaches Applied and Social Psychology across Foundation and Undergraduate levels. Filia is also involved in Research Committee of the college, and is playing an active role in the development of a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning.

Course Development

DPgCert in Learning and Teaching, Regent’s College.

PhD and Doctoral Research Supervision and examining

None

Research Interests

• Emotion
• the Self
• Self-Regulation
• Optimism

List of Publications

• Galanakis, M., Moraitou, M., Garivaldis, F.J., Stalikas, A. (2009). Factorial structure and psychometric properties of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) in Greek midwives. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 4, 52-70.
• Galanakis, M., Moraitou, M., Stalikas, A., & Garivaldis, F. J. (2011). The relation of positive emotions on post partum depression. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 6 (1), 112-142.
• Garivaldis, F.J., & Moss, S.A. (2007). The effect of familiar music on the perception of other individuals. Psychomusicology, 19 (2), 13-31.
• Moss, S., Garivaldis, F. J. & Toukhsati, S. R. (2007). The perceived similarity of other individuals: The contaminating effects of familiarity and neuroticism. Personality and Individual Differences, 43 (2), 401-412.  
• Moraitou, M., Galanakis, M., Lamai, E., Garivaldis, F. J., & Kalogianni, V. (2010). Post partum depression in Cypriot new mothers, International Journal of Caring Sciences, 3 (2), 63-70.