Southern Illinois University Carbondale

	Lisabeth A. DiLalla
Degree	Ph.D., University of Virginia
Position	Professor, School of Medicine; Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Office	210-C, Lindegren
Phone	(618) 453-1855
Fax	(618) 453-3563
Email	ldilalla@siu.edu
Biosketch	Lisabeth DiLalla (Ph.D., 1987, Developmental Psychology, University of Virginia) completed a post-doctoral fellowship in behavior genetics at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado. Since then she has been at SIUC, currently as a Professor in the School of Medicine. Her research on preschoolers has focused on aggressive and cooperative peer behaviors, behavioral adjustment to school, and play and imagination. Other research interests include delinquency and cognitive development. Dr. DiLalla focuses on twins in her research to better understand the contributions of genes and environment to the behaviors she studies. She also teaches child development and behavior genetics to undergraduates and medical students. Dr. DiLalla is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
Research Interests	Developmental Behavior Genetics Aggression and Prosocial Development Delinquency
Selected Publications	Recent Journal Articles & Book Chapters: DiLalla, L.F., & Elam, K. K., & Smolen, A. (in press). Genetic and environmental effects on preschoolers' social behaviors. Developmental Psychobiology. DiLalla, L.F., Bell, K., & Long, S. S. (in press). Peer interactions and delinquency. In F. Colombus (Ed.), Delinquency: Causes, reduction and prevention. Nova Publishing. Mullineaux, P.Y., & DiLalla, L.F. (2009). Creative preschool play behaviors and early adolescent creativity. Journal of Creative Behavior, 41-57. Hull, S., DiLalla, L.F., & Dorsey, J.K. (2008). Prevalence of health-related behaviors among physicians and medical trainees. Academic Psychiatry, 32, 31-38. DiLalla, L.F. (2008). A structural equation modeling (SEM) overview for medical researchers. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 29, 51-54. DiLalla, L. F., & Mullineaux, P. Y. (2008). The effect of classroom environment on problem behaviors: A twin study. Journal of School Psychology, 107-128. DiLalla, L. F. & Elam, K. K. (2008). Influencias geneticas e ambientais no comportamento agressivo de criancas e adolescentes. In A.C. Fonseca (Ed.), A Maldade Humana: Fatalidade ou Educacao? (pp. 131-152). Coimbra, Portugal: Almedina. DiLalla, L. F. (2008). O papel da familia no desenvolvimento do comportamento pro-social e agressivo. In A Maldade Humana: Fatalidade ou Educacao? (pp. 289-307). Coimbra, Portugal: Almedina. DiLalla, L. F., Mullineaux, P. Y., & Elam, K. (2008). Twins. In M. Haith & J. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. Vol. 3 (pp. 369-379). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Reprinted in (2009), J. B. Benson & M. M. Haith (Eds.), Social and emotional development in infancy and early childhood. DiLalla, L. F. (2006). Social development in twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9, 95-102. Book: DiLalla, L. F. (Ed.) (2004). Behavior genetic principles: Perspectives in development, personality, and psychopathology. Washington, DC: APA Press.
Teaching	Undergraduate Psychology Courses: Behavior Genetics (Psyc 419) Advanced Developmental Psychology (Psyc 452) Graduate Courses: Structural Equation Modeling (Psyc 529) Social Development (Psyc 552)