Tamara Del Vecchio

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