Associate
Professor
Department of Psychology
Marillac SB, Room 15-9A
8000 Utopia Parkway,
Queens NY 11439
Tel: (718) 990-8327
Fax: (718) 990-5926
delvecct@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
Ph.D., 2006, Stony Brook University, Clinical Psychology
M.A., 2003, Stony Brook University, Psychology
B.A., 1996, University at Albany, Psychology
Courses Taught at St. John’s
University
- Introduction to Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Advanced Developmental Psychology
Student Dissertations:
Cynthia Gioia (2013). The application of the social
information processing model to dating aggression among college age
students, Doctoral dissertation, School Psychology,
Psy.D.
Tanya Dwyer-Masin (2012). Parent anger: How often or how
much, Doctoral dissertation, School Psychology,
Psy.D.
Kimberly Behanna (2011). Brief parent training program:
Training parents to conduct functional behavior assessments,
Doctoral dissertation, School Psychology, Psy.D.
Nancy Sferrazza (2011). Social information processing and
dysfunctional discipline, Doctoral dissertation, School
Psychology, Psy.D.
Veronique Hayek (2010). Parental justification of children’s
aggressive behavior, Doctoral dissertation, School Psychology,
Psy.D.
Jacqueline Notti (2010). The development and validation of
the parent anger scale, Doctoral dissertation, School
Psychology, Psy.D.
Research:
- My research interests include the development of early child
aggression, the dysfunctional parenting that maintains child
aggression, parent cognitions and/or affect that relates to
dysfunctional parenting, and early prevention and intervention
efforts for parents of difficult toddlers.
Child and
Family Research Group