Research

Costa, M. L., Jackson, S. T., Damewood, G., Narine, S. J., & Del Vecchio, T. Preschool teachers’ use of harsh and lax discipline: The role of cognitions and anger.

Lorber, M. F., Del Vecchio, T., Peets, K., & Slep, A. M. S. The attainment of crawling as context for conflict, negative affect, and physical aggression. 

Edelman, B., & Del Vecchio, T. When crying turns to hitting: Examining maternal responses to negative affect. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4496376 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4496376

Del Vecchio, T., Lorber, M. F., Peets, K., Edelman, B. & Slep, A. M. S. (2023). Aggression in toddlers: Associations with temper loss and conflict. Social Development.

Peets, K., & Del Vecchio, T. (2023). The distinction between provoked and unprovoked aggression in toddlerhood, and associations with empathy-related processes. Social Development, 32(2), 722-739.  https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12650. 

Del Vecchio, T., Pochtar, R., & Jablonka, O. (2020). Mothers’ tolerance of own and child distress: Associations with discipline practices. Parenting: Science and Practice, 20, 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1642685

Lorber, M. F., Del Vecchio, T., Slep, A. M. S., & Scholer, S. J. (2019). Normative trends in early physical aggression: Age-aggression curves from 6 to 24 months. The Journal of Pediatrics, 206, 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.10.025 [Pdf https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/6qghm]

Lorber, M. F., Del Vecchio, T., & Slep, A. M. S. (2018). The development of individual physically aggressive behaviors from infancy to toddlerhood. Developmental Psychology, 54, 601-612. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000450 [Pdf https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/u3z68]

Del Vecchio, T., Jablonka, O., DiGiuseppe, R., & Gavita, O. (2017). Psychometric evaluation of the Parent Anger Scale. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 3013-3025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0824-3 [Pdf http://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hcb5k]

Del Vecchio, T., Jerusalmi, D., & Terjesen, M. D. (2017). Psychometric characteristics of the Parenting Scale in a Vietnamese sample. International Journal of Psychology, 52, 482-490. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12242 

Lorber, M. F., Del Vecchio, T., Feder, M. A., & Slep, A. M. S. (2017). A psychometric evaluation of the revised Parental Emotion Regulation Inventory. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 452-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0578-3

Rhoades, K. A., Grice, C., & Del Vecchio, T. (2017). Barriers to mothers' implementation of non-harsh discipline techniques: Anger, impulsivity, and situational demands. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 3179-3191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0801-x

Del Vecchio, T., Lorber, M. F., Slep, A. M. S., Malik, J., Heyman, R. E., & Foran, H. M. (2016). Parental flooding during conflict: A psychometric evaluation of a new scale. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1587-1597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0137-9

Lorber, M. F., Del Vecchio, T., & Slep, A. M. S. (2015). The emergence and evolution of infant externalizing behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 663-680. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579414000923

Del Vecchio, T., Pochtar, R., & Rhoades, K. (2014). The impact of children’s language ability on parent cognitions and harsh discipline practices. Infant and Child Development, 23, 388-401. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.183 

Lorber, M. F., Del Vecchio, T., & Slep, A. M. S. (2014). Infant externalizing behavior as a self-organizing construct. Developmental Psychology, 50, 1854-1861. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036985

Pochtar, R., & Del Vecchio, T. (2014). A cross-cultural examination of preschool teacher cognitions and responses to child aggression. School Psychology International, 35, 176-190. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034312471471

Rogowicz, S. T., Del Vecchio, T., Dwyer-Masin, T., & Hughes, E. M. (2014). The influence of aggressors’ characteristics on teachers’ responses to physical and relational aggression. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 30, 355–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377903.2014.950443

Ortiz, C., & Del Vecchio, T. (2013). Cultural diversity: Do we need a new wake-up call for parent training? Behavior Therapy, 44, 443-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2013.03.009  

Del Vecchio, T., & Rhoades, K. (2010). Bi-directional influences in mother-toddler dyads. Infant and Child Development, 19, 516-529. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.674

Del Vecchio, T., Walter, A. L., & O’Leary, S. G. (2009). Affective and physiological factors predicting maternal response to infant crying. Infant Behavior and Development, 32, 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.10.005

Del Vecchio, T., & O’Leary, S. G. (2008). Predicting maternal discipline responses to early child aggression: The role of cognition and affect. Parenting: Science and Practice, 8, 240-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295190802204827

Del Vecchio, T., & O’Leary, S. G. (2006). Antecedents of toddler aggression: Dysfunctional parenting in mother-toddler dyads. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35, 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp3502_3

Del Vecchio, T., & O’Leary, K. D. (2004). The effectiveness of anger treatments for specific anger problems: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 15-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2003.09.006   

Zukerman, R. K., Schieffelin, A. J., & Del Vecchio, T. (2023). Supervisory processes in the context of dissemination and implementation science. In M. D. Terjesen & T. Del Vecchio (Eds.), Handbook of training and supervision in cognitive behavioral therapy. Springer.

Fuller, O.G., Edelman, B., & Del Vecchio, T. (2021). The rational emotive behavior therapy approach to families. In M. Bernard & M. D. Terjesen (Eds.), Cognitive-behavioral, rational emotive treatment of childhood problems (pp. 143 - 157). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53901-6_7 

Rhoades, K. A., Mitnick, D. M., Heyman, R. E., Slep, A. M. S., & Del Vecchio, T. (2020). Systemic approaches to child maltreatment. In K. S. Wampler (Ed.), The handbook of systemic family therapy (pp. 163-190). John Wiley & Sons.

Del Vecchio, T., Feder, M., & Canter, M. (2020). Discipline and guidance from 2 to 5 years. In S. Hupp & J. Jewell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of child and adolescent development (pp. 1-11). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119171492.wecad00235 

Terjesen, M. D., Del Vecchio, T., & Gerardi, N. (2019). Cognitive behavior therapy with children. In S. G. Little & A. Akin-Little (Eds.), Behavioral interventions in schools: Evidence-based positive strategies, 2nd Edition (pp. 351-372). American Psychological Association.

Del Vecchio, T., Heyman, R. E., Slep, A. M. S., & Foran, H. M. (2018). Child abuse and neglect. In A. T. Vazsonyi, D. J. Flannery, & M. J. DeLisi, (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of violent behavior and aggression, 2nd Edition (pp. 366-381). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316847992.021 

Sanders, M. R., Healy, K. L., Grice, C., & Del Vecchio, T. (2017). Evidence-based parenting programs: Integrating science into school-based practice. In M. Thielking & M. D. Terjesen (Eds.), Handbook of Australian school psychology: Policy, practice and research (pp. 537-551). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45166-4_27 

Cavell, T. A., Harrist, A. W., & Del Vecchio, T. (2012). Working with parents of aggressive children: Ten principles and the role of authoritative parenting. In R. Larzelere, A. S. Morris, & A. W. Harrist (Eds.), Authoritative parenting: Synthesizing nurturance and discipline for optimal child development (pp. 165-188). American Psychological Association.

Del Vecchio, T., Erlanger, A. C. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2012). Theories of child abuse. In M. A. Fine & F. D. Fincham (Eds.), Handbook of family theories: A content-based approach (pp. 208-227). Taylor and Francis/Routledge.

Del Vecchio, T., & Slep, A. M. S. (2012). The impact of child maltreatment: Psychological, physical, and economic consequences. In H.M. Foran, S. Beach, A. M. S. Slep, R. E. Heyman, & M. Wamboldt (Eds.), Family problems and family violence: Reliable assessment and the ICD-11 (pp. 149-158). Springer.