• Mathias, J.L., Biebl, S.J.W., Gheyara, S., Long, S., & DiLalla, L.F. (2011). Child temperament and parent personality as predictors of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in preschool-aged children. Poster to be presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, March, Montreal, Canada.
• Hoffman, K.S., & DiLalla, L.F.(2011). Factors associated with parents’ differential use of discipline: A twin study. Poster to be presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, April, Montreal, Canada.
• Shea, S. L., Gupta, R. & Hamilton, W. (2011, April). But what can I learn from a healthy patient? The “Patti Sullivan” case. Poster to be presented to Society for Teaching in Family Medicine, New Orleans.
• Shea, S. L., Hamilton, W. & Gupta, R. (2011, February). But what can I learn from a healthy patient? The “Patti Sullivan” case. Poster to be presented to 2nd annual SIU Symposium in Teaching and Learning.
• Mathias, J.L., & DiLalla, L.F. (2010). Genes and family chaos as predictors of internalizing symptoms in preschool-aged twins. Poster presented to the Kansas Conference on Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Oct., Lawrence, KS.
• Gheyara, S., & DiLalla, L.F. (2010). Parent versus self report measures of anxiety: Different relations with overt versus relational victimization. Poster presented to the Kansas Conference on Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Oct., Lawrence, KS.
• DiLalla, L.F. (2010). Genotype and brain activity relate to children’s behaviors. Paper presented to the Fifth Biennial Southern Illinois Region Neuroscience Retreat, Sept., Collinsville, IL.

Research

Lisabeth DiLalla, PhD is involved with the following projects:

• Genetic Influences on Early Cognitive Development: Early cognitive development, such as ability to conserve, engage in fantasy, and take perspective, is studied in 1- to 4-year-old twins. Genetic and environmental influences on these cognitive abilities are examined by comparing identical and fraternal twin correlations.
• Genetic and Environmental Influences on Social Behaviors: At age 5, twins are asked questions about self-esteem, play behaviors, and social interactions. The purpose of this study is to understand genetic and environmental influences on prosocial and aggressive behaviors in preschool-aged children.
• Mother-Infant Interaction in Twins – Genetic and Environmental Influences: This study involves examining the interactions between others and their young twins during structured and unstructured videotaped interactions. Because twins are used, mothers’ responses to identical versus fraternal twins can provide information about how much the children’s own temperaments and behaviors influence the mothers’ behaviors.
• Extended Studies on the SITSS Sample in Later childhood and Adolescence: Several follow-up studies on the SITSS twins, siblings, and singletons are focused on understanding development of social behaviors, including prosocial, aggressive, and bullying behaviors, with a focus on genetic influences as well as both peer and parent behaviors as primary influences.

Sandra Shea, PhD is involved with the following projects:

• (with Morthland T and Gunzel Y) Studying polypharmacy and depression induction in the geriatric population
• (co-P.I.)  with McCann-Stone N, Robinson S, Rosher R, Rull G.  Devloping caring attitudes in medical students:  Aging couples across the curriculum.