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Avshalom Caspi

Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
CCFP Faculty Fellow

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. (2011). Childhood trauma and children's emerging psychotic symptoms: a genetically sensitive longitudinal cohort study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 65-72.


2. Belsky, D., Caspi, A, Arseneault, L, Bliedorn, W, Fonagy, P, Goodman, M, Houts, R, Moffitt, TE. (2012). Etiological features of Borderline Personality-related characteristics in a birth cohort of 12-year-old children.. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 251-265.


3. Bowes, L., Maughan, B., Ball, H., Shakoor, S., Ouellet-Morin, I., Caspi, A,. Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L (in press). Chronic bullying victimization across school transition: The role of genetic and environmental influences. Development and Psychopathology.


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. (2011). Biological embedding of stress through inflammation processes in childhood. Molecular Psychiatry, 16, 244-246.


5. Gregory, A.M., Moffitt, T.E., Ambler, A., Arseneault, L., Houts, R., Caspi, A. (in press). Maternal insomnia and children’s family socialization environments. Sleep.


6. Grisham, J.R., Fullana, M.A., Mataix-Cols, D., Moffitt, T.E., Caspi, A., Poulton, R. (2011). Risk factors prospectively associated with adult obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychological Medicine, E-pub.


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. (2011). A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 108, 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. (2011). A discordant MZ twin design shows blunted cortisol reactivity among bullied children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 50, 574-582.


9. Ouellet-Morin, I, Odgers, CL, Danese, A, Bowes, L, Shakoor, S, Papadopoulos, AS, Caspi, A, Moffitt, TE, & Arseneault, L (2011). Blunted cortisol responses to stress signal social and behavioral problems among maltreated/bullied 12 year-old children. Biological Psychiatry, 70, 1016-1023.


10. Shakoor, S., Jaffee, SR., Andreou, P., Bowes, L., Ambler, A.P., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L. (2011). Mothers and children as informants of bullying victimization: Results from an epidemiological cohort of children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 379-387.


11. Shearer, D.M., Thomson, W.M., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., Broadbent, J.M., & Poulton, R. (2011). Inter-generational continuity in periodontal health: Findings from the Dunedin Family History Study. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 38, 301-309.


12. Slutske, W., Moffitt, T. E., Poulton, R., & Caspi, A. (in press). Behavioral observations of under-control at age 3 predict disordered gambling at age 32: A longitudinal study of a complete birth cohort.. Psychological Science..


13. Thomson, WM, Caspi, A , Poulton, R, Moffitt, TE, & Broadbent, J. (2011). Personality and oral health. European Journal of Oral Sciences, 119, 366-372.


14. Uher, R., Caspi, A., Houts, R., Sugden, K., Williams, B., Poulton, R., Moffitt, T. E. (2011). 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, 135, 56-65.


15. Wong, C.C.Y., Caspi, A., Williams, B., Houts, R., Craig, I.W., & Mill, J. (2011). A longitudinal twin study of skewed X chromosome-inactivation. PLoS ONE, 6: e17873.


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. (2011). 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, 168, 1107-1116.

1. Invited Address, Danish Society for Affective Disorders, Copenhagen, Denmark, October, 2011
2. Invited Address, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel, 2010
3. Building Bridges between Economics and Personality Psychology, University of Chicago, USA, 2009
4. Department of Genetics, North Carolina State Unviersity, Raleigh, NC, USA, 2009
5. Utrecht Medical Centre, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, 2009