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Deborah M. Capaldi

Deborah M. Capaldi

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Psychology

D-Index
66
Citations
20602
World Ranking
2671
National Ranking
1537

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Deborah M. Capaldi is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research primarily spans across medicine and psychology, with significant contributions in subfields such as clinical psychology, general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, epidemiology, and pharmacology.

The main topics of their work include prenatal substance exposure effects, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, cannabis and cannabinoid research, intimate partner and family violence, child abuse and trauma, as well as homelessness and social issues.

Among their frequent coauthors are David Kerr, Stacey S. Tiberio, Lee D. Owen, Jennifer A. Bailey, and Kimberly L. Henry.

Their recent papers include:

  • Effects of Cannabis Legalization on Adolescent Cannabis Use Across 3 Studies (2022, American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
  • Associations of exposure to intimate partner violence and parent-to-child aggression with child competence and psychopathology symptoms in two generations (2020, Child Abuse & Neglect)
  • Long-term effects of father involvement in childhood on their son's physiological stress regulation system in adulthood (2021, Developmental Psychobiology)
  • Intergenerational congruence in adolescent onset of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use (2020, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)
  • Intergenerational associations in onset of cannabis use during adolescence: A data synthesis approach (2020, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors)

Frequent publication venues for their work include Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, Substance Use & Misuse, Substance Abuse Research and Treatment, and American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Capaldi has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2009.

Best Publications

  • A Systematic Review of Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Naomi B. Knoble;Joann Wu Shortt;Hyoun K. Kim

  • An early starter model for predicting delinquency.

    G. R. Patterson;D. Capaldi;L. Bank

  • Peer ecology of male adolescent drug use

    Thomas J. Dishion;Deborah Capaldi;Kathleen M. Spracklen;Fuzhong Li

  • Intergenerational transmission of abuse: a two-generational prospective study of an at-risk sample.

    Katherine C Pears;Deborah M Capaldi

  • Relation of parental transitions to boys' adjustment problems. I, A linear hypothesis. II, Mothers at risk for transitions and unskilled parenting

    D. M. Capaldi;G. R. Patterson

  • Development and Validation of an Early Adolescent Temperament Measure

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Mary K. Rothbart

  • Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: II. A 2-year follow-up at Grade 8

    Deborah M. Capaldi

  • Predicting the timing of first sexual intercourse for at-risk adolescent males

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Lynn Crosby;Mike Stoolmiller

  • Prospective Family Predictors of Aggression toward Female Partners for At-Risk Young Men.

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Sara Clark

  • Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: III. Prediction to young-adult adjustment.

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Mike Stoolmiller

  • Observed and Reported Psychological and Physical Aggression in Young, At‐Risk Couples

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Lynn Crosby

  • Psychometric Properties of Fourteen Latent Constructs from the Oregon Youth Study

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Gerald Roy Patterson

  • Aggression toward female partners by at-risk young men: the contribution of male adolescent friendships.

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Thomas J. Dishion;Mike Stoolmiller;Karen Yoerger

  • An approach to the problem of recruitment and retention rates for longitudinal research.

    D. Capaldi;G. R. Patterson

  • Can Violent Offenders be Distinguished from Frequent Offenders: Prediction from Childhood to Adolescence

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Gerald R. Patterson

  • Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: I. Familial factors and general adjustment at Grade 6

    Deborah M. Capaldi

  • Aging, exercise, and attention.

    Harold L. Hawkins;Arthur F. Kramer;Deborah Capaldi

  • Middle Childhood Antecedents to Progressions in Male Adolescent Substance Use An Ecological Analysis of Risk and Protection

    Thomas J. Dishion;Deborah M. Capaldi;Karen Yoerger

  • Typological approaches to violence in couples: a critique and alternative conceptual approach.

    Deborah M. Capaldi;Hyoun K. Kim

  • Continuity of parenting practices across generations in an at-risk sample: a prospective comparison of direct and mediated associations.

    Deborah M Capaldi;Katherine C Pears;Gerald R Patterson;Lee D Owen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hyoun K. Kim
Hyoun K. Kim Yonsei University
David C. R. Kerr
David C. R. Kerr Oregon State University
Joann Wu Shortt
Joann Wu Shortt National Institutes of Health
Katherine C. Pears
Katherine C. Pears Oregon Social Learning Center
Gerald R. Patterson
Gerald R. Patterson Ball State University
Alan Feingold
Alan Feingold Yale University
Mike Stoolmiller
Mike Stoolmiller University of Oregon
Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis
Heidemarie K. Laurent
Heidemarie K. Laurent University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas J. Dishion
Thomas J. Dishion Arizona State University

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