Kristin M Caspers

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Affiliation: University of Iowa
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Biology-environment interaction and evocative biology-environment correlation: contributions of harsh discipline and parental psychopathology to problem adolescent behaviors
    Kristin M Riggins-Caspers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 42242, USA
    Behav Genet 33:205-20. 2003
  2. ncbi Assessing community variation and randomness in public health indicators
    Stephan Arndt
    Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 USA
    Popul Health Metr 9:3. 2011
  3. ncbi Effects of alcohol- and cigarette-use disorders on global and specific measures of cognition in middle-age adults
    Kristin Caspers
    Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Medical Education Building, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 1000, USA
    J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:192-200. 2010
  4. ncbi Lifetime substance misuse and 5-year incidence rates of emergent health problems among middle-aged adults
    Kristin M Caspers
    Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Addict Dis 28:320-31. 2009
  5. ncbi Contributions of attachment style and perceived social support to lifetime use of illicit substances
    Kristin M Caspers
    Psychiatry Research MEB, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Addict Behav 30:1007-11. 2005
  6. ncbi A sibling adoption study of adult attachment: the influence of shared environment on attachment states of mind
    Kristin Caspers
    Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
    Attach Hum Dev 9:375-91. 2007
  7. ncbi Attachment as an organizer of behavior: implications for substance abuse problems and willingness to seek treatment
    Kristin M Caspers
    Roy J and Lucille Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 1:32. 2006
  8. ncbi Association between the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and adult unresolved attachment
    Kristin M Caspers
    Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA
    Dev Psychol 45:64-76. 2009
  9. ncbi Association of a D2S2944 allele with depression specifically among those with substance abuse or antisocial personality
    Douglas R Langbehn
    Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research, Room 1 326, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 83:33-41. 2006
  10. ncbi Co-morbid health conditions at mid-life in the Iowa adoptees
    Ruth Spinks
    The University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry, IA, USA
    Addict Behav 32:991-1002. 2007

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Publications15

  1. ncbi Biology-environment interaction and evocative biology-environment correlation: contributions of harsh discipline and parental psychopathology to problem adolescent behaviors
    Kristin M Riggins-Caspers
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 42242, USA
    Behav Genet 33:205-20. 2003
    ..The contextual environment was found to moderate the biological process of evocative biology-environment correlation, providing empirical support for the Bronfenbrenner and Ceci (1994) Bioecological Model...
  2. ncbi Assessing community variation and randomness in public health indicators
    Stephan Arndt
    Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 USA
    Popul Health Metr 9:3. 2011
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  3. ncbi Effects of alcohol- and cigarette-use disorders on global and specific measures of cognition in middle-age adults
    Kristin Caspers
    Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Medical Education Building, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 1000, USA
    J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:192-200. 2010
    ..This study examined the effects of alcohol- and tobacco-use disorders on global and specific cognitive abilities in middle age...
  4. ncbi Lifetime substance misuse and 5-year incidence rates of emergent health problems among middle-aged adults
    Kristin M Caspers
    Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    J Addict Dis 28:320-31. 2009
    ..Substance misuse did not predict health services utilization despite higher rates of disease. These findings emphasize the need to assess lifetime substance misuse when evaluating health risks associated with use...
  5. ncbi Contributions of attachment style and perceived social support to lifetime use of illicit substances
    Kristin M Caspers
    Psychiatry Research MEB, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Addict Behav 30:1007-11. 2005
    ..The findings from the present study further implicate attachment style in the risk for illicit substance use, as well as preventions designed to identify those at risk for use...
  6. ncbi A sibling adoption study of adult attachment: the influence of shared environment on attachment states of mind
    Kristin Caspers
    Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
    Attach Hum Dev 9:375-91. 2007
    ..The non-significant concordance for the unresolved classification suggests that unresolved loss or trauma may be less influenced by shared environment and more likely to be influenced by post-childhood experiences or genetic factors...
  7. ncbi Attachment as an organizer of behavior: implications for substance abuse problems and willingness to seek treatment
    Kristin M Caspers
    Roy J and Lucille Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 1:32. 2006
    ..Based on theory, we expect divergence between levels of maladaptive functioning and adaptive methods of regulating negative emotions...
  8. ncbi Association between the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and adult unresolved attachment
    Kristin M Caspers
    Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA
    Dev Psychol 45:64-76. 2009
    ..The findings challenge current thinking by demonstrating significant genetic influences on a phenomenon previously thought to be largely environmentally driven...
  9. ncbi Association of a D2S2944 allele with depression specifically among those with substance abuse or antisocial personality
    Douglas R Langbehn
    Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research, Room 1 326, Medical Education Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 83:33-41. 2006
    ..We note that, in combination with additional liabilities towards depression in women and alcoholism/sociopathy in men, the 124-bp allele may provide a basis for the phenomenon of depressive spectrum illness proposed by Winokur...
  10. ncbi Co-morbid health conditions at mid-life in the Iowa adoptees
    Ruth Spinks
    The University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry, IA, USA
    Addict Behav 32:991-1002. 2007
    ..Individuals in the Alcohol-Drug group had an increased incidence of deaths than either the alconly or the control groups...
  11. ncbi The association of the D2S2944 124 bp allele with recurrent early onset major depressive disorder in women
    Robert Philibert
    Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 1000, USA
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 121:39-43. 2003
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  12. ncbi Genetic and environmental risk factors for the onset of drug use and problems in adoptees
    Douglas R Langbehn
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, 5107 Westlawn Building, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 69:151-67. 2003
    ..We argue that the observed biological associations are broadly consistent with generalization to other substances of an alcoholism phenotype similar to Cloninger's Type II or Babor's Type B...
  13. ncbi Associations of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism with aggressivity, attention deficit, and conduct disorder in an adoptee population
    Remi J Cadoret
    Departments of Psychiatry and Biostatistics, and the Neuroscience Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    Compr Psychiatry 44:88-101. 2003
    ..The results support the hypothesis that gene-biological family history interactions are involved in the externalizing behaviors studied and constitute interesting findings for future replication...
  14. ncbi The association of a HOPA polymorphism with major depression and phobia
    Robert Philibert
    Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Program, The University of Iowa and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52242 1000, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 43:404-10. 2002
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  15. ncbi IQ estimate smackdown: comparing IQ proxy measures to the WAIS-III
    Ruth Spinks
    Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, Medical Examination Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:590-6. 2009
    ..Repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance compares the different proxy measures across ability levels. All IQ estimates are represented in tables so that they can be examined side by side...