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Avshalom Caspi

Avshalom Caspi

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Contact Info 
Location: 229 Soc/Psych Building
Office Phone: (919) 660-5708
Office Fax: 919-684-5912
Email Address:  send me a message
Mailing Address: 229 Soc/Psych Building Durham, NC 27708
Education:
  • PhD, Cornell University, 1986
  • MA, Cornell University, 1983
  • BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1981, 1981

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Arseneault, L., Cannon, M., Fisher, H.L. Polaczyk, G., Moffitt, T. E., & Caspi, A., Childhood trauma and children's emerging psychotic symptoms: a genetically sensitive longitudinal cohort study, American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 168 (2011), pp. 65-72 .
  2. Belsky, D., Caspi, A, Arseneault, L, Bliedorn, W, Fonagy, P, Goodman, M, Houts, R, Moffitt, TE., Etiological features of Borderline Personality-related characteristics in a birth cohort of 12-year-old children., Development and Psychopathology, vol. 24 (2012), pp. 251-265 .
  3. Bowes, L., Maughan, B., Ball, H., Shakoor, S., Ouellet-Morin, I., Caspi, A,. Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L, Chronic bullying victimization across school transition: The role of genetic and environmental influences, Development and Psychopathology (in press) .
  4. Danese, A., Caspi ,A., Williams, B., Ambler, A., Sugden, K., Mika, J., Werts, H., Freeman, J., Pariante, C.M., Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L., Biological embedding of stress through inflammation processes in childhood, Molecular Psychiatry, vol. 16 (2011), pp. 244-246 .
  5. Gregory, A.M., Moffitt, T.E., Ambler, A., Arseneault, L., Houts, R., Caspi, A., Maternal insomnia and children’s family socialization environments, Sleep (in press) .
  6. Grisham, J.R., Fullana, M.A., Mataix-Cols, D., Moffitt, T.E., Caspi, A., Poulton, R., Risk factors prospectively associated with adult obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Psychological Medicine, vol. E-pub (2011) .
  7. Moffitt, T. E., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D., Dickson, N., Hancox, R. J., Harrington, HL., Houts, R., Poulton, R., Roberts, B.W., Ross, S., Sears, M. R., Thomson, W.M., & Caspi, A., A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), vol. 108 (2011), pp. 2693-2698 .
  8. Ouellet-Morin, I., Danese, A., Bowes, L., Shakoor, S., Ambler, A., Pariante, C., Papadopoulos, A., Caspi, A, Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L., A discordant MZ twin design shows blunted cortisol reactivity among bullied children, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 50 (2011), pp. 574-582 .
  9. Ouellet-Morin, I, Odgers, CL, Danese, A, Bowes, L, Shakoor, S, Papadopoulos, AS, Caspi, A, Moffitt, TE, & Arseneault, L, Blunted cortisol responses to stress signal social and behavioral problems among maltreated/bullied 12 year-old children, Biological Psychiatry, vol. 70 (2011), pp. 1016-1023 .
  10. Shakoor, S., Jaffee, SR., Andreou, P., Bowes, L., Ambler, A.P., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L., Mothers and children as informants of bullying victimization: Results from an epidemiological cohort of children, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 39 (2011), pp. 379-387 .
  11. Shearer, D.M., Thomson, W.M., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., Broadbent, J.M., & Poulton, R., Inter-generational continuity in periodontal health: Findings from the Dunedin Family History Study, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, vol. 38 (2011), pp. 301-309 .
  12. Slutske, W., Moffitt, T. E., Poulton, R., & Caspi, A., Behavioral observations of under-control at age 3 predict disordered gambling at age 32: A longitudinal study of a complete birth cohort., Psychological Science. (in press) .
  13. Thomson, WM, Caspi, A , Poulton, R, Moffitt, TE, & Broadbent, J., Personality and oral health, European Journal of Oral Sciences, vol. 119 (2011), pp. 366-372 .
  14. Uher, R., Caspi, A., Houts, R., Sugden, K., Williams, B., Poulton, R., Moffitt, T. E., Serotonin transporter gene moderates childhood maltreatment’s effect on persistent but not single-episode depression: Replications and implications for resolving inconsistent results, Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 135 (2011), pp. 56-65 .
  15. Wong, C.C.Y., Caspi, A., Williams, B., Houts, R., Craig, I.W., & Mill, J., A longitudinal twin study of skewed X chromosome-inactivation, PLoS ONE, vol. 6: e17873 (2011) .
  16. Zimmermann, P, Brückl, T, Nocon, A, Heck, A, Pfister, H, Binder, E, Uhr, M, Lieb, R, Moffitt, TE, Caspi, A, Holsboer, F, Ising, M., Interaction of FKBP5 gene variants and adverse life events in predicting Depression onset: Results from a Ten-Year Prospective Community Study, American J of Psychiatry, vol. 168 (2011), pp. 1107-1116 .