Deborah M. Capaldi
Deborah M. Capaldi is a developmental psychologist known for her research on at-risk male youth and the intergenerational transmission of substance use, antisocial behavior, intimate partner violence, and child abuse. She is a senior scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center. Her current projects focus on child exposure to family violence and parenting practices of at-risk parents. She was recipient of the 1998 Boyd McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 7. In 2009, she was named a Fellow of the Society for Couple and Family Psychology, APA Division 43. Biography . Deborah M. Capaldi was born in Leeds, England, and holds dual citizenship with the United States and the European Union. She attended the University of York and obtained a Bachelor of the Arts in Sociology in 1970. Capaldi continued her education at the University of Oregon, where she completed a Masters of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology in 1983 and a PhD in Developmental Psychology in 1991. Her dissertation, conducted under the supervision of Gerald Patterson, was titled "The co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: A longitudinal study of general adjustment and familial factors