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Terrie E. Moffitt

Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor; Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
CCFP Faculty Fellow

Education:

• PhD, Clinical Psychology University of Southern California - 1984
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA Medical School - 1984
• MA, Experimental Animal Behavior University of Southern California - 1981
• BA, Psychology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - 1977

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Arseneault L, Cannon M, Fisher HL, Polanczyk G, Moffitt TE, 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 transitions: 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, Moffitt TE, and Arseneault, L. (2011). Biological embedding of stress through inflammation processes in childhood. Molecular Psychiatry, 16, 244-246.


5. Fontaine, NMG, McCrory, E, Boivin, M., Moffitt, TE, Viding, E, (2011). Predictors and outcomes of joint trajectories of callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems in childhood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120(3), 730-742.


6. Gregory, A., Moffitt, TE, Ambler, A, Houts, R., Arseneault, L., Caspi, A. (In Press). Maternal insomnia and children’s socialization environments. Sleep.


7. Grisham, JR, Fullana, MA, Mataix-Cols, D, Moffitt, TE, Caspi, A, Poulton, R. (In Press). Childhood risk factors associated with adult obsessive-compulsive symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychological Medicine.


8. Lynam, DR, & T.E. Moffitt (2011). The stability of psychopathy across adolescence. Development and psychopathology, 21, 1133-1153.


9. Moffitt, TE, Arseneault, L, Belsky, D, Dickson, N, Hancox, RJ, Harrington, HL, Houts, R, Poulton, R, Roberts, B, Ross, S., Sears, M, Thomson, M, and Caspi, A. (2011). A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, PNAS, 108, 2693-2698.


10. 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.


11. 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.


12. Shakoor, S., Jaffee, S.R., Bowes, L., Ouellet-Morin, I., Andreou, P, Happe, F., Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L. (2011). A prospective longitudinal study of children's theory of mind and adolescent involvement in bullying. J of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, on-line publication.


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


14. Shearer, DM, Thomson, WM, Caspi, A, Moffitt, TE, Poulton R. (2011). Family history and oral health: findings from the Dunedin Family History Study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology.


15. Shearer, DM, Thomson, WM, Caspi, A, Moffitt, TE, Poulton R. (2011). Intergenerational continuity in periodontal health: findings from the Dunedin Family History Study. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 38, 301-309.


16. Slutske, W, Moffitt, TE, Poulton, R, and Caspi, A. (In Press). Under-controlled child temperament predicts adult problem gambling. Psychological Science.


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


18. Uher, R, Caspi, A, Houts, R, Sugden, K, Williams, B, Poulton, R, Moffitt, TE (2011). Serotonin transporter gene moderates childhood maltreatment’s effects on persistent but not single-episode depression: Replications and implications for resolving inconsistent results. J of Affective Disorders, On-line publication.


19. 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. Danish Society for Affective Disorders, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 18, 2011
2. University of Manchester Law School, Manchester, UK, November 08, 2011
3. Russell Sage Foundation, “Self Control, health, wealth and public safety”, New York, NY, October 14, 2011
4. SCIENCE BUZZ CAFÉ National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, September 14, 2011
5. Nuffield Foundation, “Self Control, health and wealth,”, London, UK, July 14, 2011