Welcome to the Family Violence and Injury Lab at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln!
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The FVI lab is directed by Dr. David DiLillo, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at UNL. The mission of the FVI lab is to conduct quality research on family violence that ultimately can be used to inform prevention, intervention, and treatment efforts.
Our research team investigates various aspects of family violence, including all types of childhood maltreatment and intimate partner aggression. Some recent topics of research include the following:
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- The impact of childhood maltreatment on adult marital functioning (see the Newlywed Project for more information), including:
- Relationships between childhood maltreatment and self and partner marital outcomes (e.g., satisfaction, trust, sexual functioning, intimate partner aggression victimization and perpetration) over time.
- The role of psychological functioning in mediating relationships between childhood maltreatment and adult relationship functioning
- Linkages between early childhood maltreatment, adult revictimization, psychopathology
- Relationships between emotion regulation and both sexual and physical victimization and perpetration
- The role of risk recognition in sexual victimization
- The assessment of childhood abuse experiences among adults
- Efficacy of interventions of children who have been sexually abused
In addition to our focus on family violence, team members have also pursued projects related to professional development issues such as:
- Professional licensure
- Mentoring of undergraduate research assistants
- The role of the internet in clinical practice
- Optimal data management procedures
Finally, Dr. DiLillo has occasionally been active in research focusing on unintentional injuries, which share many risk factors with child maltreatment and are a leading cause of disability and death in the U.S.
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