Diana Whalen
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-286-1700
- Email: diana.whalen@nospam.wustl.edu
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2017
- Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh, 2014
- B.S.: University of Pittsburgh, 2005
Major Awards
- NIMH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23 MH118426), 2018
Research Interests
My research incorporates a developmental psychopathology perspective to examine the influence of the parent-child relationship on mood and personality disorders in youth. I have expertise and training in developmental psychopathology, observational coding of parent and youth behaviors, ecological momentary assessment (EMA), as well as longitudinal statistical modeling.
Recent Publications
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Evidence for decreased maladaptive guilt following PCIT-ED for depression as measured by story stem narratives: a promising method for preschool self-disclosure of emotions and experiences of parenting
Ellis, J., Luby, J., Agrawal, A., Freeman, A., Gilbert, K., Whalen, D., Tillman, R. & Donohue, M. R., Jul 2026, In: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 35, 7, p. 2129-2139 11 p.
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Brief report: Aspects of preschool personality predict sexual behavior in young adulthood
Huntington, C., Vogel, A. C., Tillman, R., Whalen, D. J., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. L. & Gilbert, K., Feb 2026, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 250, 113562.
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Associations of Child Amygdala Development With Borderline Personality Symptoms During Adolescence
Constantino-Pettit, A., Gilbert, K., Boone, K., Luking, K., Geselowitz, B., Tillman, R., Whalen, D., Luby, J., Barch, D. M. & Vogel, A., Feb 2026, In: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 11, 2, p. 242-249 8 p.
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Do trajectories of self- and interpersonal functioning identify a core underlying developmental pathway for personality pathology in late adolescence and early adulthood?
Sharp, C., Dong, F., Boone, K., Gilbert, K. E., Tillman, R., Barch, D. M., Luby, J. L. & Whalen, D. J., 2026, In: Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. 135, 1, p. 9-24 16 p.
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Early Pubertal Timing, Suicidality, and Self-Injurious Behaviors in Preadolescents: Evidence for Concurrent and Emergent Risk Prediction
Luking, K. R., Hennefield, L., Ortin-Peralta, A., Wright, A. J. & Whalen, D. J., Sep 2025, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 64, 9, p. 1047-1055 9 p.