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Terrie E. Moffitt

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Office Phone: (919) 660-5708
Office Fax: 919-684-5912
E-mail Address: terrie.moffitt@duke.edu
Website: http://www.genome.duke.edu/people/faculty/moffitt/publications/
Mailing Address: 229 Soc/Psych Building Durham, NC 27708

Research Summary

Terrie E. Moffitt researches the interplay between nature and nurture in the origins of problem behaviors. Her particular interest is in antisocial and criminal behaviors. She is Associate Director of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study in New Zealand, a 32-year longitudinal study of a 1972 birth cohort of 1000 individuals and their families. She also directs the Environmental-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study ("E-risk"), which follows a 1994 birth cohort of 1116 British families with twins.

Publications (More Publications)

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
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
Bowes, L., Maughan, B., Ball, H., Shakoor, S., Ouellet-Morin, I., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L. (2012) Chronic bullying victimization across school transitions: The role of genetic and environmental influences Development and Psychopathology
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
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
Gregory, A., Moffitt, TE, Ambler, A, Houts, R., Arseneault, L., Caspi, A. (2012) Maternal insomnia and children’s socialization environments Sleep
Grisham, JR, Fullana, MA, Mataix-Cols, D, Moffitt, TE, Caspi, A, Poulton, R. (2011) Childhood risk factors associated with adult obsessive-compulsive symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder Psychological Medicine
Lynam, DR, & T.E. Moffitt (2011) The stability of psychopathy across adolescence Development and psychopathology
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
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
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
Shakoor, S., Jaffee, S.R., Bowes, L., Ouellet-Morin, I., Andreou, P, Happe, F., Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L. (2012) A prospective longitudinal study of children's theory of mind and adolescent involvement in bullying J of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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
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
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
Slutske, W, Moffitt, TE, Poulton, R, and Caspi, A. (2012) Under-controlled child temperament predicts adult problem gambling Psychological Science
Thomson, WM, Caspi, A , Poulton, R, Moffitt, TE, & Broadbent, J. (2011) Personality and oral health European Journal of Oral Sciences
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
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