Candice L. Odgers
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Psychology and Neuroscience; Associate Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy- Contact Info
- Location: 218 Rubenstein Hall
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- Mailing Address: 218 Rubenstein Hall
Durham, NC 27708-0312
- Education:
- Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2005
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Social, Genetic, & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, London, UK, 2007
- M.A., Simon Fraser University, 2001
- B.A., Simon Fraser University, 1999
- A.B., Simon Fraser University, 1999
Research Interests:
child and adolescent mental health; developmental psychopathology; social inequalities and child health; quantitative methods; ecological momentary assessment
- Representative Publications
(More Publications)
- Odgers, CL; Jaffee, SR, Routine versus catastrophic influences on the developing child.,
Annual Review of Public Health, vol. 34
(January, 2013),
pp. 29-48 [23297656], [doi] [abs].
- Odgers, CL; Caspi, A; Russell, MA; Sampson, RJ; Arseneault, L; Moffitt, TE, Supportive parenting mediates neighborhood socioeconomic disparities in children's antisocial behavior from ages 5 to 12.,
Development and Psychopathology, vol. 24 no. 3
(August, 2012),
pp. 705-721 [22781850], [doi] [abs].
- Odgers, CL; Caspi, A; Bates, CJ; Sampson, RJ; Moffitt, TE, Systematic social observation of children's neighborhoods using Google Street View: a reliable and cost-effective method.,
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, vol. 53 no. 10
(October, 2012),
pp. 1009-1017 [22676812], [doi] [abs].
- Jaffee, SR; Strait, LB; Odgers, CL, From correlates to causes: can quasi-experimental studies and statistical innovations bring us closer to identifying the causes of antisocial behavior?,
Psychological Bulletin, vol. 138 no. 2
(March, 2012),
pp. 272-295 [22023141], [doi] [abs].
- 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 no. 11
(December, 2011),
pp. 1016-1023 [21839988], [doi] [abs].
- Whalen, CK; Odgers, CL; Reed, PL; Henker, B, Dissecting daily distress in mothers of children with ADHD: an electronic diary study.,
Journal of Family Psychology : Jfp : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), vol. 25 no. 3
(June, 2011),
pp. 402-411 [21517172], [doi] [abs].
- Nagin, DS; Odgers, CL, Group-based trajectory modeling in clinical research.,
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, vol. 6
(January, 2010),
pp. 109-138 [20192788], [doi] [abs].
- Odgers, CL; Caspi, A; Nagin, DS; Piquero, AR; Slutske, WS; Milne, BJ; Dickson, N; Poulton, R; Moffitt, TE, Is it important to prevent early exposure to drugs and alcohol among adolescents?,
Psychological Science, vol. 19 no. 10
(October, 2008),
pp. 1037-1044 [19000215], [doi] [abs].
- Odgers, CL; Moffitt, TE; Broadbent, JM; Dickson, N; Hancox, RJ; Harrington, H; Poulton, R; Sears, MR; Thomson, WM; Caspi, A, Female and male antisocial trajectories: from childhood origins to adult outcomes.,
Development and Psychopathology, vol. 20 no. 2
(January, 2008),
pp. 673-716 [18423100], [doi] [abs].
- Odgers, CL., & Russell, MA, What can genetically informative research designs tell us about the causes of crime?,
in In J. MacDonald (Ed), Measuring Crime and Criminality (pp. 141-160), New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers
(2012) .
- Moretti, MM., Odgers, CL., & Jackson, MA, Girls and Aggression: Contributing Factors and Intervention Principles,
in Series: Perspectives in Law and Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
(2004) .