BA Yale University, 1994
MA University of Iowa, 1996
PhD University of Iowa, 2000
Clinical Internship University of Washington School
of Medicine, 1999-2000
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Understanding and preventing
child and adolescent unintentional injury. Specific risk
factors of interest include temperament, overestimation of
physical ability, and parent-child relationships. I am also
interested in injury prevention, with specific foci in using
virtual reality to train children in pedestrian safety and
improving adult supervision of children at swimming pools
and playgrounds. Secondary broad interest areas include
temperamental and cognitive development, child clinical
psychology, and pediatric psychology.
Pediatric Pedestrian Safety in Virtual Reality:
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Director of the UAB
Youth Safety Lab, which conducts laboratory-based studies of
factors that lead to child and adolescent injury. Families
interested in participating in research may contact the lab
at (205) 934-4068 or uabsafetylab@yahoo.com.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
Schwebel, D.
C., Gaines, J., & Severson, J. (in press). Validation of
virtual reality as a tool to understand and prevent
child pedestrian injury. Accident Analysis and
Prevention.
Schwebel, D. C. (2008). Remembering the victims. Injury
Prevention, 14, 212.
Barton, B. K., & Schwebel, D. C. (2007). The roles of
age, gender, inhibitory control, and parental
supervision in children’s pedestrian safety. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology, 32, 517-526.
Schwebel, D. C., & Brezausek, C. M. (2007). The role of
context in risk for pediatric injury: Influences from
the home and child care environments. Merrill-Palmer
Quarterly, 53, 105-130.
Schwebel, D. C., & Gaines, J. (2007). Pediatric
unintentional injury: Behavioral risk factors and
implications for prevention. Journal of Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics, 28, 245-254.
Schwebel, D. C., Lindsay, S., & Simpson, J. (2007).
Brief report: A brief intervention to improve lifeguard
surveillance at a public swimming pool. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology, 32, 862-868.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Fall 2008:
PY 214, Elementary Statistical Methods and Design
PY 325, Clinical Child Psychology
Photo by Steven Wood
