Dr Deborah Capaldi, PhD (Oregon, USA), B.A (York, U.K).

Deborah Capaldi is a Senior Scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A., and has a courtesy faculty appointment at the University of Oregon. Her Ph.D. is in Developmental Psychology, from the University of Oregon, and her undergraduate degree was from the University of York, England. Her research centers around antisocial and co-occurring behaviors across the early life span within a dynamic developmental-contextual framework. Foci include explaining developmental trajectories of such behaviors (e.g., crime, health-risking sexual behaviors, substance use), including the dispositional, contextual, familial, peer and romantic partner influences on their emergence, persistence, and desistance. One current study focuses on the transmission of these behaviors across three generations. A further focus is on understanding the formation and stability/instability of romantic relationships in early adulthood, and particularly on explaining the development of aggression in such relationships. Dr. Capaldi also has expertise in longitudinal study design, including recruitment and retention techniques and multimethod, multiagent designs, observational data collection and coding, and analysis of multimethod, multiagent longitudinal data sets.

Dr. Capaldi is currently the Principal Investigator of three studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). One study, which started in 1983, is following young men from age 9 years to the early 30s, examining the causes and consequences of antisocial behavior. A second study examines young couples relationships, and the third study examines intergenerational influences on risk with a prospective three-generational design.

Dr. Capaldi is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Family Psychology, and the Journal of Adolescence, and she is regularly a reviewer for other journals such as Developmental Psychology, Child Development, and Development and Psychopathology. She has served on numerous grant review committees, and is currently serving a 5-year term as a member of the Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention Study Section, Risk, Prevention, and Health Behavior Integrated Review Group, Center for Scientific Review, NIH. She is the author of many journal articles and book chapters. In 1998 she was awarded the Boyd McCandless Award for scientific achievement in early career from American Psychological Association, Division 7. She is a member of a number of professional societies and a regular participant at meeting symposia, as well as speaking at NIH conferences. In October 2004, she was an invited speaker at the NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents.

Email: deborah@oslc.org

 

Selected recent publications (since 1996)

Shortt, J. W., Capaldi, D. M., Kim, H. K., & Owen, L. D. (in press). Relationship separation for young, at-risk couples: Prediction from dyadic aggression. Journal of Family Psychology.

Kim, H. K., Capaldi, D. M., & Crosby, L. (in press). Predicting relationship satisfaction and stability from couple interactions: A test of the generalizability of Gottman et al.'s (1998) process models. Journal of Marriage and Family.

Capaldi, D. M., & Wiesner, M. (in press). Predictors and outcomes of persistent offending in early adulthood: Findings from the Oregon Youth Study. In J. Savagae (Ed.), Understanding persistent offending. New York. Oxford University Press.

Capaldi, D. M., Kim, H. K., & Pears, K. C. (in press). The association of partner violence to child abuse: A common conceptual framework. In J. Lutzker & D. Whitaker (Eds.), Preventing partner violence: Foundations, interventions, issues. Washington: American Psychological Association.

Capaldi, D. M., & Kim, H. K. (in press). Typological approaches to violence in couples: A critique and alternative conceptual approach. Clinical Psychology Review.

Capaldi, D. M., Kim, H. K., & Shortt, J. W. (in press). Observed initiation and reciprocity of physical aggression in young at-risk couples. Journal of Family Violence.

Capaldi, D. M., & Eddy, J. M. (2005). Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder. In T. P. Gullotta & G. R. Adams (Eds.), The handbook of dysfunctional behavior in adolescence: Theory, practice, and prevention. New York: Kluwer Academic Publishing.

Capaldi, D. M., Shortt, J. W., & Kim, H. K. (2005). A life span developmental systems perspective on aggression toward a partner. In W. Pinsof & J. Lebow (Eds.), Family Psychology: The Art of the Science. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford Press.

Pears, K., Pierce, S., Kim, H. K., Capaldi, D. M., & Owen, L. D. (2005). The timing of entry into fatherhood in young, at-risk men: Familial, individual, and sexual risk predictors. Journal of Marriage and Family 67, 429-447.

Wiesner, M., Kim, H. K., & Capaldi, D. M. (2005). Developmental trajectories of offending: Validation and prediction to young adult alcohol use, drug use, and depressive symptoms. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 251-270.

Capaldi, D. M., Kim, H. K., & Shortt, J. W. (2004). Women's involvement in aggression in young adult romantic relationships: A developmental systems model. In M. Putallez & K. L. Bierman (Eds.), Aggression, antisocial behavior, and violence among girls: A developmental perspective (pp. 223-241). New York: Guilford Press.

Kim, H. K., & Capaldi, D. M. (2004). The association of antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms between partners and risk for aggression in romantic relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 82-96.

Capaldi, D. M. (2003). Parental monitoring: A person-environment interaction perspective on this key parenting skill. In A. C. Crouter & A. Booth (Eds.) Children's influence on family dynamics: The neglected side of family relations (pp. 171-199). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Capaldi, D. M., Conger, R. D., Hops, H., & Thornberry, T. P. (2003). Introduction to three-generational studies. Journal Abnormal Child Psychology, 31, 123-125.

Capaldi, D. M., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2003). The development of aggression in young male/female couples. In P. Florsheim (Ed.) Adolescent romantic relations and sexual behavior: Theory, research and practical implications (pp. 243-278). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Capaldi, D. M., Pears, K. C., Patterson, G. R., & Owen, L. D. (2003). Continuity of parenting practices across generations in an at-risk sample: A prospective comparison of direct and mediated associations. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31, 127-142.

Capaldi, D. M., & Shortt, J. W. (2003). Understanding conduct problems in adolescence from a lifespan perspective. In G. R. Adams & M. D. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of adolescence (pp. 470-493). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Capaldi, D. M., Shortt, J. W., & Crosby, L. (2003). Physical and psychological aggression in at-risk young couples: Stability and change in young adulthood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 49, 1-27.

Kim, H. K., Capaldi, D. M., & Stoolmiller, M. (2003). Depressive symptoms across adolescence and young adulthood in men: Prediction from parental and contextual risk factors. Development and Psychopathology, 469-495.

Shortt, J. W., Capaldi, D. M., Dishion, T. J., Bank, L., & Owen, L. D. (2003). The role of adolescent peers, romantic partners, and siblings in the emergence of the adult antisocial lifestyle. Journal of Family Psychology, 17, 521-533.

Wiesner, M., & Capaldi, D. M. (2003). Relations of childhood and adolescent factors to offending trajectories of young men. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 40, 231-262.

Wiesner, M., Capaldi, D. M., & Patterson, G. R. (2003). Development of antisocial behavior and crime across the life-span from a social interactional perspective: The coercion model. In R. L. Akers & G. F. Jensen (Eds.), Social learning theory and the explanation of crime: A guide for the new century: Advances in criminological theory (Vol. 11, pp. 317-337). Piscataway, NJ: Transaction.

Wiesner, M., Vondracek, F. W., Capaldi, D. M., & Porfeli, E. (2003). Childhood and adolescent predictors of early adult career pathways. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63, 305-328.

Capaldi, D. M., DeGarmo, D. S., Patterson, G. R., & Forgatch, M. S. (2002). Contextual risk across the early life span and association with antisocial behavior. In J. B. Reid, G. R. Patterson, & J. Snyder (Eds.), Antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: A developmental analysis and model for intervention (pp. 123-145). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Capaldi, D. M., Stoolmiller, M., Clark, S. & Owen, L. D. (2002). Heterosexual risk behaviors in at-risk young men from early adolescence to young adulthood: Prevalence, prediction, and STD contraction. Developmental Psychology, 38, 394-406.

Capaldi, D. M., Dishion, T. J., Stoolmiller, M., & Yoerger, K. (2001). Aggression toward female partners by at-risk young men: The contribution of male adolescent friendships. Developmental Psychology, 37, 61-73.

Capaldi, D. M., & Owen, L. D. (2001). Physical aggression in a community sample of at-risk, young couples: Gender comparisons for high frequency, injury, and fear. Journal of Family Psychology, 15, 425-440.

Pears, K. C. & Capaldi, D. M. (2001). Intergenerational transmission of abuse: A two-generation, prospective study of an at-risk sample. Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 25, 1439-1461.

Andrews, J. A., Foster, S. L., Capaldi, D. M., & Hops, H. (2000). Adolescent and family predictors of physical aggression, communication, and satisfaction in young adult couples: A prospective analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 195-208.

Capaldi, D. M., & Eddy, J. M. (2000). Improving children's long-term well-being by preventing antisocial behavior. A. Buchanan & B. Hudson (Eds.), Promoting children's emotional well-being (pp. 209-229). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford Press.

Capaldi, D. M., & Stoolmiller, M. (1999). Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: III. Prediction to young-adult adjustment. Development and Psychopathology, 11, 59-84.

Dishion, T. J., Capaldi, D. M., & Yoerger, K. (1999). Middle childhood antecedents to progression in male adolescent substance use: An ecological analysis of risk and protection. Journal of Adolescent Research, 14, 175-206.

Capaldi, D. M. , & Clark, S. (1998). Prospective family predictors of aggression toward female partners for at-risk young men. Developmental Psychology, 34, 1175-1188.

Fagot, B. I., Pears, K. C., Capaldi, D. M., Crosby, L., & Leve, C. S. (1998). Becoming an adolescent father: Precursors and parenting. Developmental Psychology, 34, 1209-1219.

Capaldi, D. M., Chamberlain, P., Fetrow, R. A., & Wilson, J. E. (1997). Conducting ecologically valid prevention research: Recruiting and retaining a "whole village" in multimethod, multiagent studies. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25, 471-492.

Capaldi, D. M., Chamberlain, P., & Patterson, G. R. (1997). Ineffective discipline and conduct problems in males: Association, late adolescent outcomes, and prevention. Aggression and Violent Behavior.

Capaldi, D. M., & Crosby, L. (1997). Observed and reported psychological and physical aggression in young, at-risk couples. Social Development,6(2), 184-206.

Capaldi, D. M. (1996). The reliability of retrospective data for timing first sexual intercourse for adolescent males. Journal of Adolescent Research, 11, 375-387.

Capaldi, D. M., Crosby, L., & Stoolmiller, M. (1996). Predicting the timing of first sexual intercourse for adolescent males. Child Development, 67, 344-359.

Capaldi, D. M., & Patterson, G. R. (1996). Can violent offenders be distinguished from frequent offenders: Prediction from childhood to adolescence. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 33, 206-231.

 

Grant Awards

1997-present    Principal Investigator of NIMH Grant # R01 MH 37940, “Life course antisocial behavior in males.”

 

2003-present    Principal Investigator of NICHD Grant #  HD046364, "Young Men's Risk for Dysfunctional Relationships."

 

2003-present    Principal Investigator of NIDA Grant # DA 015485, "Adjustment Problems and Substance Use in 3 Generations"

 

1994-2003       Principal Investigator of NIMH Grant # R01 MH 50259 "Young Men's Risk for Dysfunctional Relationships."

 

1998-2003       Principal Investigator of NICHD Grant # R01 HD34511-01A2, “Intergenerational Transmission of Risk”