Candice L. Odgers

My research focuses on the developmental course of externalizing disorders, with an emphasis on physical-health outcomes. Specific interests include: the role of gender, family history and neighborhood context in the progression of childhood conduct disorder; longitudinal methods for facilitating causal inference; and the health consequences of early teenage substance exposure.

Web Links of Research Sites

• Adaptlab Website (Dr. Odgers' research website)
• Adaptlab is now accepting applications for research assistants. Go to the adaptlab website and click on "Get Involved"!

Selected Publications

• Jaffee, S., Strait, L., & Odgers, C.L. (in press). From correlates to causes: Can quasi-experimental studies and statistical innovations bring us closer to identifying the causes of antisocial behavior. Psychological Bulletin. 
• Ouellet-Morin, I., Odgers, C.L., Danese, A., Bowes, L., Shakoor, S., Papadopoulos, A.S., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Arseneault, L. (2011). Blunted cortisol responses to stress signal social and behavioral problems among maltreated/bullied 12 year-old children. Biological Psychiatry,70,1016-23. 
• Nagin, DS., & Odgers, CL. (2010). Group based trajectory modeling in clinical research. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 6, 109-138.
• Odgers, CL., Mulvey, EP., Skeem, JL., Gardner, W., & Lidz, CW., Schubert, C. (2009). Capturing the ebb and flow of psychiatric symptoms with dynamical systems models. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166, 575-582.
• Odgers, CL, Moffitt, TE., Tach, L., Sampson, R., Taylor, A., Matthews, CL. & Caspi, A. (2009). The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on children growing up in deprivation: A developmental analysis. Developmental Psychology, 45, 942-957.
• Odgers, CL., Caspi, A., Nagin, D. Piquero, AR., Slutske, WS., Milne, B., Dickson, N., Poulton, R., & Moffitt, TE. (2008). Is it important to prevent early exposure to drugs and alcohol among adolescents? Psychological Science, 19,1037-1044.
• Moffitt, TE., Arseneault, L., Jaffee, SR, Kim-Cohen, J, Koenen, KC, Odgers, CL, Slutske, W. & Viding, E. (2008). DSM-V Conduct Disorder: Research needs for an evidence base. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 3-33.
• Odgers, CL., Moffitt, TE, Broadbent, JM., Dickson, N., Hancox, RJ., Harrington, H., Poulton, R., Sears, MR., Thompson, WM., & Caspi, A. (2008). Female and male antisocial trajectories: From childhood origins to adult outcomes. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 673-716.
• Odgers, CL., Milne, B., Caspi, A, Crump, R., Poulton, R. & Moffitt, TE. (2007). Predicting prognosis for the conduct-problem boy: Can family history help? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 1240-1249.
• Odgers, CL., Caspi, A., Poulton, R., Harrington, H., Thompson, M., Broadbent, JM., Dickson, N., Sears, MR., Hancox, B. & Moffitt, TE. (2007). Prediction of adult health burden by conduct problem subtypes in males. Archives of General Psychiatry. 64, 476-484.
• Mulvey, EP., Odgers, CL., Skeem, JL., Schubert, C., Gardner, W., & Lidz, C. (2006). Substance use and community violence: A test of the relation at the daily level. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 743-754.
• Odgers, CL., Moretti, MM., & Reppucci, ND. (2005). Examining the science and practice of violence risk assessment with female adolescents. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 7-27.
• Moretti, MM., Odgers, CL., & Jackson, MA. (2004). Girls and Aggression: Contributing Factors and Intervention Principles. Series: Perspectives in Law and Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.