Terrie E. Moffitt

Nannerl O. Keohane University Distinguished Professor
Education & Training
Ph.D., University of Southern California 1984
M.A., University of Southern California 1981
B.A., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1977
Expertise
Developmental psychopathology, longitudinal cohorts, aging, neuropsychology, antisocial
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Richmond-Rakerd, Leah S., et al. “Childhood self-control forecasts the pace of midlife aging and preparedness for old age.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 118, no. 3, Jan. 2021. Epmc, doi:10.1073/pnas.2010211118. Full Text
Richmond-Rakerd, Leah S., et al. “A polygenic score for age-at-first-birth predicts disinhibition.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, vol. 61, no. 12, Dec. 2020, pp. 1349–59. Epmc, doi:10.1111/jcpp.13224. Full Text
Reuben, Aaron, et al. “Association of Childhood Lead Exposure With MRI Measurements of Structural Brain Integrity in Midlife.” Jama, vol. 324, no. 19, Nov. 2020, pp. 1970–79. Epmc, doi:10.1001/jama.2020.19998. Full Text
Moffitt, Terrie E. “Behavioral and Social Research to Accelerate the Geroscience Translation Agenda.” Ageing Research Reviews, vol. 63, Nov. 2020, p. 101146. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.arr.2020.101146. Full Text
Pedersen, Willy, et al. “Delinquency abstainers in adolescence and educational and labor market outcomes in midlife: A population-based 25-year longitudinal study.” Developmental Psychology, vol. 56, no. 11, Nov. 2020, pp. 2167–76. Epmc, doi:10.1037/dev0001117. Full Text
d’Arbeloff, Tracy, et al. “Is cardiovascular fitness associated with structural brain integrity in midlife? Evidence from a population-representative birth cohort study.” Aging, vol. 12, no. 20, Oct. 2020, pp. 20888–914. Epmc, doi:10.18632/aging.104112. Full Text
Matthews, Timothy, et al. “A longitudinal twin study of victimization and loneliness from childhood to young adulthood.” Development and Psychopathology, Oct. 2020, pp. 1–11. Epmc, doi:10.1017/s0954579420001005. Full Text
Cheung, Carol Y., et al. “A deep-learning system for the assessment of cardiovascular disease risk via the measurement of retinal-vessel calibre.” Nature Biomedical Engineering, Oct. 2020. Epmc, doi:10.1038/s41551-020-00626-4. Full Text
Wertz, Jasmin, et al. “Borderline Symptoms at Age 12 Signal Risk for Poor Outcomes During the Transition to Adulthood: Findings From a Genetically Sensitive Longitudinal Cohort Study.” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 59, no. 10, Oct. 2020, pp. 1165-1177.e2. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2019.07.005. Full Text
Newbury, J. B., et al. “Association between genetic and socioenvironmental risk for schizophrenia during upbringing in a UK longitudinal cohort.” Psychological Medicine, Sept. 2020, pp. 1–11. Epmc, doi:10.1017/s0033291720003347. Full Text
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Moffitt, T. E. “Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent offending: A complementary pair of developmental theories.” Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, 2018, pp. 11–54.
McGee, T. R., and T. E. Moffitt. “The developmental taxonomy.” The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 2018, pp. 149–58. Scopus, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190201371.013.9. Full Text
Moffitt, T. E. “Life-course-persistent versus adolescence-limited antisocial behavior.” Developmental and Life-Course Criminological Theories, 2017, pp. 75–103. Scopus, doi:10.4324/9781315094908. Full Text
Moffitt, T. E. “Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy.” The Termination of Criminal Careers, 2017, pp. 405–32.
Caspi, A., and T. E. Moffitt. “Longitudinal cohort research: Sowing, nurturing, waiting, harvesting.” Scientists Making a Difference: One Hundred Eminent Behavioral and Brain Scientists Talk about Their Most Important Contributions, 2016, pp. 249–55. Scopus, doi:10.1017/CBO9781316422250.055. Full Text
Caspi, A., et al. “Unraveling girls’ delinquency: Biological, dispositional, and contextual contributions to adolescent misbehavior.” Risks and Problem Behaviors in Adolescence, 2014, pp. 293–304.
Moffitt, T. E. “Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: A developmental taxonomy.” The Science of Mental Health: Volume 7: Personality and Personality Disorder, 2013, pp. 90–117.
Moffitt, T. E. “Self-Control, Then and Now.” The Future of Criminology, 2012. Scopus, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199917938.003.0005. Full Text
Piquero, A. R., and T. E. Moffitt. “Life-course persistent offending.” Forensic Psychology: Concepts, Debates and Practice: Second Edition, 2010, pp. 201–22. Scopus, doi:10.4324/9780203833308. Full Text
Moffitt, T. E. “Life-Course-Persistent versus Adolescence-Limited Antisocial Behavior.” Developmental Psychopathology: Second Edition, vol. 3, 2006, pp. 570–98. Scopus, doi:10.1002/9780470939406.ch15. Full Text
Bourassa, Kyle J., et al. “Intimate partner violence and lower relationship quality are associated with faster biological aging.” Psychology and Aging, vol. 35, no. 8, 2020, pp. 1127–39. Epmc, doi:10.1037/pag0000581. Full Text
van Dongen, Jenny, et al. “DNA methylation signatures of a broad spectrum of aggressive behavior: a meta-analysis of epigenome-wide studies across the lifespan.” Behavior Genetics, vol. 50, no. 6, 2020, pp. 485–87.
Bourassa, Kyle J., et al. “ARE PEOPLE WITH GREATER CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY SMARTER, HAPPIER, AND HEALTHIER? COUNTERINTUITIVE FINDINGS IN THE DUNEDIN AND MIDUS STUDIES.” Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 82, no. 6, 2020, pp. A225–A225.
Fisher, Helen, et al. “EPIGENETIC SIGNATURES OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT VICTIMISATION USING A GENETICALLY SENSITIVE LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 44, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2018, pp. S25–S25.
Crush, Eloise, et al. “PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR PSYCHOTIC EXPERIENCES AMONGST ADOLESCENTS EXPOSED TO MULTIPLE FORMS OF VICTIMIZATION.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 44, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2018, pp. S110–S110.
Trotta, Antonella, et al. “CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD OF CHILDREN WITH PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS: A LONGITUDINAL TWIN COHORT STUDY.” Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 44, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2018, pp. S97–S97.
Matthews, T., et al. “Loneliness in young adulthood: Findings from an epidemiological cohort study.” European Psychiatry, vol. 48, ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER, 2018, pp. S34–35.
Belsky, D. W., et al. “BEYOND MICE: PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS TO MEASURE IN HUMAN HEALTHSPAN EXTENSION TRIALS.” Gerontologist, vol. 56, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2016, pp. 348–348.
Newbury, Joanne, et al. “Neighbourhood Adversity, Crime Victimisation and Adolescent Psychotic Experiences: Findings from a Longitudinal Cohort Study.” Early Intervention in Psychiatry, vol. 10, WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016, pp. 65–65.
“PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS PREDICT SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE AGING INDICATORS BY MIDLIFE.” The Gerontologist, vol. 55, no. Suppl_2, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015, pp. 197–197. Crossref, doi:10.1093/geront/gnv554.07. Full Text
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Selected Grants
Comprehensive portrait of long-term cannabis users: Are they ready for old age? awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2020 to 2024
Training in lifespan behavioral, social, and neuroscience research connecting early-life cognitive decline to late-life ADRD awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2020 to 2022
Who's learning? Testing hypotheses about personalised learning using a family design awarded by Jacobs Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2020 to 2022
Preparing Genetic Counselors for Genomic Medicine Research awarded by National Institutes of Health (Significant Contributor). 2017 to 2022
Supporting young people's mental health during the transition to work awarded by AXA Research Fund (Principal Investigator). 2020 to 2022
Midlife Pace of Aging in the Dunedin Study awarded by King's College London (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2021
Evaluating neurodegenerative risk in middle-aged adults exposed to lead as children awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2021
Quantifying the genome-wide functional consequences of DNA methylation associated with early life adversity. awarded by National Institutes of Health (Advisor). 2018 to 2021
Aging in 1000 healthy young adults: the Dunedin Study awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2009 to 2021
Neural signatures of healthy and unhealthy aging awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2021
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Predict My Future. Creator. http://www.moffittcaspi.com/content/science-us (2015)
Predict My Future: What makes us who we really are? In collaboration with Razorfilms New Zealand. This is a 4-part documentary feature film supported by TVNZ. This film series has been bought for distribution by BBC Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, N Korea, Palua, Philippines, Singapore, S Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, & Vietnam. This film series has been bought for distribution by Discovery Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Qantas Airlines.