Ph.D., University of Virginia

Associate Professor, Clinical

(618) 453-2466

(618) 453-3563

ddilalla@siu.edu

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Dr. DiLalla earned his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Virginia.  He completed his predoctoral internship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a postdoc at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at Colorado.  He joined the SIUC faculty in Fall, 1990. Dr. DiLalla's research interests address relations between normal personality and psychopathology; genetic and environmental influences on personality and psychopathology; psychological assessment; computerized personality evaluation; developmental psychology; and interpersonal violence.  He currently serves as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

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• Behavior Genetics
• Childhood Psychopathology
• Computerized Assessment
• Sexual Violence
• Relationships between Personality and Psychopathology

Bolton Holz, K. & DiLalla, D.L. (2007). Men's fear of unintentional rape: Measure development and psychometric evaluation. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 8 , 201-214.

Starks, T.J. Gilbert, B.O., Fischer, A.R., Weston, R. & DiLalla, D.L. (in press). Gendered sexuality: A new model and measure of attraction and intimacy. Journal of Homosexuality.

DiLalla, D.L. (2007). Bringing theoretical clarity to the personality disorders, redux
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology , 26, 268-270. [Book Review]

DiLalla, D.L. (2005). Heartening proponents and re-assuring skeptics: Psychology and the prescription pad. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 24(3), 445-447. [Book Review]

DiLalla, D. L., & Dollinger, S.J. (2005). Cleaning up data and running preliminary analyses. In F.T.L. Leong & J.T. Austin (Eds.), The psychology research handbook: A guide for graduate students and research assistants (2nd ed, pp. 241-253). Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage.

DiLalla, D.L., & Carey, G. (2004). Genetic correlations as "z" variables: evaluating personality rightwards-arrow psychopathology associations. In L.F. DiLalla (Ed), Behavior genetics principles: Perspectives in development, personality, and psychopathology. Decade of behavior. (pp. 73-88). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.

DiLalla, D.L., Gottesman, I.I., & Carey, G. (2000). Madness beyond the threshold? Associations between personality and psychopathology. In V. J. Molfese and D. L. Molfese (Eds.). Temperament and personality development across the life span. (pp. 177-210). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum.

 

• Advanced Personality (Psyc 440)

• Psychological Assessment (Psyc 540)
• Experimental Approaches to Personality (Psyc 532)
• Social Development (Psyc 552)
• Clinical Practicum (Psyc 594E)