Research at SIU SOM
 
 
Research Profile - Lisabeth DiLalla  
   
Department/Division:     Email Address:
Family & Community Medicine ldilalla@siu.edu
Office Location:     Location of Laboratory:
Lindegren 210C Carbondale   Life Sciences II rooms 224 & 243, Lindegren room 10
Office Phone Number:     Laboratory Phone Number:
618-453-1855     618-453-5206
Willing to mentor medical students and / or residents? Yes
Research Interests:

child development,
behavior genetics,
prosocial and aggressive development,
empathy in the medical curriculum

Techniques and Methodologies: twin research design,
peer play paradigm,
videotaped behavioral interactions,
structural equation modeling

Equipment:

computers,
VCRs
Current Collaborators:
Kevin Dorsey
Sharon Hull
Current and Pending Awards:
None
Publications:    
DiLalla, L. F., & Caraway, R. A. (accepted). Behavioral inhibition as a function of relationship in preschool twins and siblings. Twin Research.

DiLalla, L. F., Marcus, J. L., & Wright-Phillips, M. (in press). Longitudinal effects of preschool behavioral styles on early adolescent school performance. Journal of School Psychology.

DiLalla, L. F., Hull, S., & Dorsey, J. K. (2004). Empathy, acceptance of spirituality, and wellness in medicine: A cross-sectional study. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 16, 165-170.

DiLalla, L. F. (2002). Behavior genetics of aggression in children: Review and future directions. Developmental Review, 22, 593-622.

DiLalla, L. F. (2002). Preschool social and cognitive behaviors: The Southern Illinois Twins. Twin Research, 5, 468-471.

DiLalla, L. F. (2001). Foreward: Behavior genetic principles – Development, personality, and psychopathology: A festschrift in honor of Prof. Irving I. Gottesman. Twin Research, 4, 277-284.

Hull, S. K., DiLalla, L. F., & Dorsey, J. K. (2001). Student attitudes toward wellness, empathy and spirituality in the curriculum. Academic Medicine, 76, 114.

DiLalla, L. F. (Ed.) (2004). Behavior genetic principles: Perspectives in development, personality, and psychopathology. Washington, DC: APA Press.

DiLalla, L. F., & Caraway, R. (2003). Developmental psychopathology. In D. N. Cooper (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, Vol. 1 (pp. 1107-1111). Nature Publishing Group.

DiLalla, L. F. (2000). Structural equation modeling: Uses and issues. In H. E. A. Tinsley & S. D. Brown (Eds.), Handbook of applied multivariate statistics and mathematical modeling (pp. 439-464). San Diego: Academic Press.
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