Curriculum Vitae
Eric
Turkheimer
Department
of Psychology Turkheimer@virginia.edu
Gilmer
Hall OFC
(434) 982-4732
University of Virginia FAX (434) 982-4766
Charlottesville, Virginia
22904-4400
Education
University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1986
Haverford College
B.A., Psychology, 1976
Internship
1984-1985 Langley Porter
Psychiatric Institute
University of California
San
Francisco,
California
Current
Position
1986-1992 Assistant
Professor
Department of Psychology
Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
22903
1992-2001 Associate
Professor
University of Virginia
2001- Professor
University of Virginia
2001- Director
of Graduate Studies
Department of Psychology
2003- Director
of Clinical Training
Department
of Psychology
Professional
Affiliation
Behavior Genetics Association
American Psychological Society
International Neuropsychological Society
Licensed as Clinical Psychologist, Virginia
Associate
Editor
Psychological Assessment 2003-2005
Consulting
Editor
Current Directions in Psychological Science 2003-
Developmental
Psychology 2000-2003
Research
Awards
William T. Grant
Foundation (Co-PI) $394,772 2000-2003
Consequences of parental
divorce for adolescents
and young adults: A genetically informed study
National Institute of Mental Health (Co-PI) 2001-2005
Peer Assessment of Normal and Abnormal Traits
National Institute of Mental Health (20%) 1995-1997
Southeast Rural Mental Health Center
Director of Research Design and Analysis
MacArthur Foundation (Co-PI) $11,000 5/89-5/91
Rational decision making capacity of voluntary
and involuntary psychiatric inpatients.
Biomedical Research Support (UVA). $7,000 10/87-10/88
Quantification of Lesion Location as a Means
of Studying Brain-Behavior Relationships in
Humans:
Validity and Application to Emotional
Development
National Institute of Mental Health (PI) $23,500 8/88-8/89
Commitment and Recommitment: A
Longitudinal Study
Courses
Taught
Graduate Statistics
Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Seminar in Nature and Nurture
Brain Imaging and Behavior
Research Methods in Clinical and Community
Psychology
Introduction to Clinical Assessment
Introduction to Theories of Personality
Introduction to Statistics
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Bigler,
E.D., Yeo, R.A., & Turkheimer, E.
(Eds.) Neuropsychological
Function and Brain Imaging. Plenum
Publishing Corporation, 1989.
Turkheimer,
E. Modern Data Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. Under contract, Worth/Freeman.
Papers
and Book Chapters
Hill, J. E., Mendle, J.
E., Harden, K. P.,
Turkheimer, E., & Emery, R. E. (In Press). The relationship between
adolescent externalizing and affiliation with externalizing peers: A
behavior genetic approach. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
South, S.C., Turkheimer,
E. N., & Oltmanns, T. F. (In Press). Personality disorder symptoms and
marital functioning. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Woods, C. M., Oltmanns,
T. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2008). Detection of aberrant responding on a
personality scale in a military sample: An application of evaluating person fit
with two-level logistic regression. Psychological
Assessment, 20, 159-168.
Harden,
K. P., Mendle, J., Hill, J. E., Turkheimer, E., & Emery, R. E. (2008). Rethinking timing of first sex and
delinquency. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 37, 373-385.
Turkheimer,
E. (2008, Spring). A better way to use
twins for developmental research. LIFE
Newsletter, 2, 1-5.
Waldron,
M., Heath, A. C., Turkheimer, E. N., Emery, R. E., Nelson, E., Bucholz, K. K.,
et al. (2008). Childhood sexual abuse
moderates genetic influences on age at first consensual sexual intercourse in
women. Behavior Genetics, 38, 1-10.
Williams,
M. T., Turkheimer, E., Magee, E., & Guterbock, T. (2008). The effects of race and racial priming on
self-report of contamination anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 746-757.
Clifton,
A., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2007). Improving assessment of personality disorder traits through social
network analysis. Journal of Personality, 75, 1007-1032.
D'Onofrio,
B.M., Slutske, W., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Harden, K.P, Heath, A.C.,
Madden, P.A.F., & Martin, N.G. (2007). Intergenerational transmission of conduct problems: A
children-of-twins study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 820-829.
D’Onofrio,
B. M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R. E., Maes, H. H., Silberg, J., & Eaves, L.
J. (2007). A children of twins study
of parental divorce and offspring psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 667-675.
D’Onofrio,
B. M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R. E., Harden, K. P., Slutske, W. S., Heath, A.
C., Madden, P. A. F., & Martin, N. G. (2007). A genetically informed study of the intergenerational transmission of marital instability.
Journal of Marriage and Family, 69,
793-809.
Friedman,
J. N. W., Oltmanns, T. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2007). Interpersonal perception and personality disorders:
Utilization of a thin slice approach. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 667-688.
Harden,
K.P., Lynch, S.K., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., D'Onofrio, B.M., Slutske, W.S.,
Heath, A.C., Waldron, M., Madden, P., & Martin, N.G. (2007). A behavior genetic
investigation of adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 667-683.
Harden
K. P., Turkheimer E., Emery R. E., D'Onofrio B. M., Slutske W. S., Heath A. C.,
Martin N. G. (2007). Marital conflict and conduct problems in
children of twins. Child Development, 78, 1-18.
Harden,
K. P., Turkheimer, E. & Loehlin, J. C.
(2007). Genotype by environment interaction in
adolescents' cognitive aptitude.
Behavior Genetics, 37, 273-283.
Jane,
J. S., Oltmanns, T. F., South, S. C., & Turkheimer, E. (2007). Gender bias in diagnostic criteria for
personality disorders: An item response theory analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116,
166-175.
Mendle,
J., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R. E. (2007). Detrimental psychological outcomes
associated with early pubertal timing in adolescent girls. Developmental Review, 27, 151-171.
Waldron,
M., Heath, A. C., & Turkheimer, E. (2007). Age at first sexual intercourse and teenage pregnancy in Australian
female twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 10, 440-449.
Williams,
M. T., & Turkheimer, E. (2007). Identification
and explanation of racial differences on contamination measures. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 3041-3050.
Pagan,
J.L., Eaton, N., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns,.T.F. (2006). Peer-reported
personality problems of research nonparticipants: Are our samples
biased? Personality
and Individual Differences, 41,
1131-1142.
Jane,
J.S., Pagan, J.L., Fiedler, E.R., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T.F. (2006). The interrater reliability of the Structured
Interview for DSM-IV Personality. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 47, 368-375.
Friedman,
J. N. W., Oltmanns, T. F.; Gleason, M. E. J. & Turkheimer, E. (2006). Mixed impressions: Reactions of strangers to people with
pathological personality traits. Journal of Research in Personality, 40,
395-410.
Lynch,
S. K., Turkheimer, E., D’Onofrio, B. M., Mendle, J., Emery, R. E, Slutske, W.
S. & Martin, N. G. (2006). A genetically
informed study of the association between harsh punishment and offspring behavior
problems. Family Psychology, 20, 190-198.
D'Onofrio,
B. M.; Turkheimer, E.; Emery, R. E. Slutske, W. S., Heath, A. C., Madden, P. A.
& Martin, Nicholas G.. (2006). A
Genetically Informed Study of the Processes Underlying the Association Between
Parental Marital Instability and Offspring Adjustment. Developmental
Psychology, 42, 486-499.
Mendle,
J., Turkheimer, E., D'Onofrio, B. M., Lynch, S. K., Emery, R. E., Slutske, W.
S. & Martin, N. G. (2006). Family Structure and Age at Menarche: A
Children-of-Twins Approach.
Developmental Psychology, 42, 533-542.
Oltmanns,
T. F. and Turkheimer, E. (2006). Perceptions of self and others regarding
pathological personality traits.
In R. F. Kreuger & J. L. Tackett (Eds.) Personality and psychopathology: Building bridges (pp. 71-111). New
York, NY, US: Guilford Press.
Turkheimer,
E. (2006). Inter: Action and play
[Review of the book Genes and Behavior: Nature-Nurture Interplay Explained]. PsycCRITIQUES, 51(43).
Turkheimer,
E., D’Onofrio, B. M., Maes, H. & Eaves, L. (2005). Analysis
and interpretation of twin studies including measures of the shared environment. Child
Development, 76, 1217-1233.
Clifton,
A., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2005). Self and peer perspectives on pathological personality traits and
interpersonal problems. Psychological
Assessment, 17, 123-131.
Williams,
M. T., Turkheimer, E., Schmidt, K. & Oltmanns, T. F. (2005). Ethnic
Identification Biases Responses to the Padua Inventory for Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder. Assessment, 12, 174-185.
D’Onofrio,
B. M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R. E., Slutske, W. S., Heath, A. C., Madden, P.
A., & Martin, N. G. (2005). A genetically informed study of marital
instability and its association with offspring psychopathology. Journal
of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 570-586.
D’Onofrio, B.M,
Turkheimer, E.N, Emery, R., Slutske, W., Heath, A., & Martin, N. (In
press). A genetically informed study of
the association between parental divorce and offspring life course patterns. Developmental Psychology.
South,
S.C., Oltmanns, T.F., & Turkheimer, E. (2005). Interpersonal
perception and pathological personality features: Consistency across peer
groups. Journal of Personality, 73,
675-691.
Pagan,
J., Whitmore, M., Oltmanns, T. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2005). Personality disorders not otherwise
specified: Searching for an empirically based diagnostic threshold. Journal
of Personality Disorders, 19, 674-679.
Turkheimer,
E. (2005). Mobiles: A gloomy view of the
prospects for developmental behavioral genetics. In E. Perense (Ed.). Wrestling with behavioral
genetics. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Universtity Press.
Oltmanns,
T. F., Gleason, M. E. J., Klonsky, E., & Turkheimer, E. (2005). Meta-perception
for pathological personality traits: Do we know when others think that we are
difficult? Consciousness
and Cognition: An International Journal, 14. 739-751.
Turkheimer,
E. (2004). Spinach and Ice Cream: Why Social Science Is So Difficult.
In. L. DiLalla (Ed). Behavior genetics principles: Perspectives
in development, personality, and
psychopathology. (pp. 161-189). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological
Association.
Ganea,
P. A. Lillard, A. S. & Turkheimer, E. (2004).
Preschooler's
understanding of the role of mental states and action in pretense. Journal of Cognition & Development. 5,
213-238.
Clifton,
A., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T.F. (2004). Contrasting perspectives on personality problems: Descriptions from
the self and others. Personality and Individual Differences, 36,
1499-1514.
Oltmanns,
T.F., Friedman, J.N., Fiedler, E.R., & Turkheimer, E. (2004). Perceptions
of people with personality disorders based on thin slices of behavior. Journal of Research in Personality., 38,
216-229.
Fiedler,
E.R., Oltmanns, T.F., & Turkheimer, E. (2004). Traits associated with personality disorders and adjustment to
military life: Predictive validity of
self and peer reports. Military Medicine, 169, 207-211.
Klonsky,
E.D., Oltmanns, T.F., & Turkheimer, E. (2003). Deliberate self-harm
in a non-clinical population: Prevalence and psychological correlates.
American Journal of Psychiatry,
160, 1501-1508.
D’Onofrio,
B.M., Turkheimer, E., Eaves, L.J., Corey, L.A., Berg, K., Solaas, M.H., &
Emery, R.E. (2003). The role of the Children of Twins design in
elucidating causal relations between parent characteristics and child outcomes.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44,
1130-1144.
Turkheimer,
E., Haley, A., D’Onofrio, B., Waldron, M & Gottesman, I. I. (2003). Socioeconomic status modifies
heritability of IQ in young children.
Psychological Science, 14,
623-628.
South,
S. C., Oltmanns, T. F. & Turkheimer, E. (2003). Personality
and the derogation of others:
Descrpitons based on self- and peer-report. Journal
of Research in Personality, 37, 16-33
Thomas,
C., Turkheimer, E. & Oltmanns, T. F. (2003). Factorial
structure of pathological personality traits as evaluated by peers. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112,
81-91.
Oltmanns,
T. F., Melley, A. M., & Turkheimer, E. (2002). Impaired Social Functioning and
Symptoms of Personality Disorders in a Non-Clinical Population. Journal of Personality Disorders, 16,
437-452.
Klonsky,
E.D., Jane, J.S., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T.F. (2002). Gender role and personality disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 16,
464-476.
Klonsky,
E. D., Oltmanns, T. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2002). Informant reports of personality disorder: Relation to
self-report, and future research directions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9, 300-311.
Melley,
A. M., Oltmanns, T. F. & Turkheimer, E. (2002). The Schedule for non-adaptive and adaptive
personality (SNAP): Temporal stability and predictive validity. Assessment, 9, 181-187.
Turkheimer,
E. (2000). Three laws of behavior
genetics and what they mean. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9,
160-164.
Klonsky,
E.D., Oltmanns, T., Turkheimer, E., & Fiedler, E. (2000). Recollections of conflict with parents and family
support in the personality disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 14, 291-299.
Turkheimer,
E. & Waldron, M. C. (2000). Nonshared
environment: A theoretical, methodological and quantitative review. Psychological
Bulletin, 126, 78-108.
Turkheimer,
E. & Waldron, M. C. (2000). Statistical
analysis, experimental method, and causal inference in developmental behavioral
genetics. Human Development, 43, 51-52.
Thomas,
J., Oltmanns, T. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2000). Psychometric
analysis of racial differences in the Maudsley Obsessional Compuslive Inventory. Assessment,
9, 247-258
Ferguson
J. E., Newberry, Y. G., Deangelis, G. A.,
Finnerty J. J., Agarwal S., Turkheimer E. (1998). The Fetal‑pelvic index has minimal
utility in predicting fetal‑pelvic Disproportion. American Journal of Obstetrics &
Gynecology. 179(5):1186‑1192.
Turkheimer,
E. (1998). Heritability and biological explanation. Psychological
Review, 105, 782-791.
Turkheimer,
E. (1997). The search for a psychometric left. European Bulletin of Cognitive Psychology, 16, 779-783.
Oltmanns,
T.F., Turkheimer, E. & Strauss, M. (1998).
Peer assessment of personality traits and pathology in female college
students. Assessment,
5, 53-65.
Farace,
E. & Turkheimer, E. (1996). Gender differences in brain morphometry and
function. In E. D. Bigler (Ed.), Handbook of Human Brain Function: Neuroimaging. New York, Plenum Press.
Turkheimer,
E. & Gottesman, I. I. (1996). Simulating the dynamics of genes and environment
in development. Development and Psychopathology, 8,
667-677.
Yeo,
R.A., Turkheimer, E., Raz, N., & Bigler, E.D. (1987).
Volumetric asymmetries of the
human brain: Intellectual correlates.
Brain and Cognition, 6, 15-23.
Raz,
N., Raz, S., Yeo, R.A., Turkheimer, E., Bigler, E.D., & Cullum, C.M. (1987). Relationship between cognitive and morphological asymmetry in
dementia of the Alzheimer type: A CT
scan study. International Journal of Neuroscience, 26,
301-309.
Turkheimer,
E. (1986). Cognitive development of adopted and fostered children. Unpublished
doctoral dissertation.
Bigler,
E.D., Hubler, D.W., Cullum, C.M., & Turkheimer, E. (1985). Intellectual and memory impairment in dementia:
CT volume correlations. Journal of
Nervous and Mental Disease, 173, 347-352.
Turkheimer,
E., Cullum, C.M., Hubler, D., Paver, S., Yeo, R.A., & Bigler, E.D. (1984). Quantifying cortical atrophy. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 47, 1314-1318.
Bigler,
E. D., Paver, S., Cullum, C. M, Turkheimer, E., Hubler, D. & Yeo, R. A.
(1984). Ventricular enlargement,
cortical atrophy and neuropsychological performance following head injury.
International Journal of Neuroscience, 24,
295-298.
Bigler,
E. D., Paver, S., Cullum, C. M., Turkheimer, E., Hubler, D., Yeo, R. (1984). Volumetric cat measures and
neurophysiological performance in Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Neuroscience, 24,
291-294.
Yeo,
R.A., Turkheimer, E., & Bigler, E.D. (1984). The influence of sex and age on unilateral cerebral lesion sequelae.
International Journal of Neuroscience,
24, 299-301.
Turkheimer,
E., Yeo, R., & Bigler, E.D. (1983). Digital planimetry in APLSF.
Behavior Methods Research and
Instrumentation, 15, 471-473.
Yeo,
R.A., Turkheimer, E., & Bigler, E.D. (1983). A simple computerized method for quantification of CAT scan
parameters: Reliability and utility. Clinical
Neuropsychology, 4, 287.
Papers Presented (very
partial)
Turkheimer, E.
(2003). Shared Effects: Understanding
the Influence of High-Risk Environments.
Symposium presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Tampa,
Fl.
Mendle, J., D’Onofrio,
B.M., Lynch, S.K., Turkheimer, E.N., Emery, R.E., Slutske, W., Heath, A.C.,
& Martin, N.G. (2003). Association
of paternal absence with age of menarche
in girls. Symposium presentation at the
Annual Conference of the Behavior Genetics Association.
Mendle, J.
& Turkheimer, E. (2003). Birth
weight and intelligence: a comparison of
between and within family models. Poster
presentation at the Biennial Conference of the Society for Research in Child
Development.
D’Onofrio, B.,
Emery, R., Slutske, W., Heath, A., & Martin, N. (April 2003). The link between parental divorce and
offspring behavioral problems: Selection or causation? Paper presented at the Society for Research
in Child Development Conference, Tampa,
Florida.
D’Onofrio, B., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.,
Mendle, J., Lynch, S., Slutske, W., Heath, A., & Martin, N. (June 2003).
Association between parental divorce and offspring life transitions: Selection
or causation? Paper presented at the
Behavior Genetics Association Conference, Chicago,
Illinois.
Friedman,
J.N.W., Oltmanns, T.F., Turkheimer, E., & Schmidt, K. (2003, June) Gender
Bias in Cluster C Personality Disorder Diagnosis: Differential Item
Functioning. Poster presented at the 2003 meeting of the American Psychological
Society, Atlanta, GA.
Oltmanns, T.
F., South, S. C., & Turkheimer, E. (2003, October). Three-year stability of
personality disorder features: Self-report, informant report, and relationship to
social functioning. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society
for Research in Psychopathology, Toronto,
Canada.
South, S. C.,
Friedman, J. N. W., & Turkheimer E. (2003, October). Gender Differences in
Personality Disorder Features: A Differential Item Functioning (DIF) AnalysisI.
Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Society for Research in
Psychopathology, Toronto, Canada.
Turkheimer,
E. (2001). What Makes Family Members Different From Each
Other? Tools for Understanding the Nonshared Environment. Invited discussant, Society for Research in
Child Development, Minneapolis.
Waldron, M. & Turkheimer, E.
(2001). Nonshared Effects of Objectively
Defined Shared Environment. .
Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis.
Turkheimer, E., Haley, A., D'Onofrio, A.,
Waldron, M., Emery, R. E. &
Gottesman, I. I.. (2001).
Socioeconomic
status modifies heritability of intelligence in impoverished children Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Behavior Genetics Association, Cambridge,
England.
Turkheimer, E. (2001). Tools for
identifying sources of nonshared environment. Invited discussant. Behavior Genetics Association, Cambridge, England.
Waldron, M.
& Turkheimer, E. (2001). A meta-analytic
review of bivariate nonshared environment.
Behavior
Genetics Association, Cambridge,
England.
Turkheimer, E. (2001). Nonshared Environment: What it is, what it
isn't, and what it could be. Invited talk, The Pittsburgh Conference on
Behavior Genetics and Development Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.
Turkheimer, E. (2001). Null Hypothesis Significance Testing and the
Molecular Genetics of Complex Behavior .
Invited talk, Genetic Principles -- Development,
Personality, and Psychopathology: A Festschrift in Honor of Prof. Irving
I. Gottesman. Minneapolis, June.
Friedman, J. N. W., Oltmanns, T. F.,
& Turkheimer, E. (2001, June) Thin Slices of Personality Disorders:
Accuracy Variability based on Type of Information. Poster presented at the
2001 meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada.
South, S. C., Oltmanns, T. F., &
Turkheimer, E. Interpersonal perception and the personality disorders:
Accuracy and stability of peer and self report. Poster presented at the
16th annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. Madison, WI.
November 4, 2001.
Ganea, P. A., Lillard, A. S. &
Turkheimer, E. (2001). Children's understanding of pretense: Action or
mental states? Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child
Development, Minneapolis, MN.
DOnofrio, B.M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Corey, L.A., Berg, K., Solaas, M.H., Eaves,
L.J. (2001). The role of the Children of Twins design in
highlighting genetic and environmental pathways between parental and child
characteristics. Paper presented at the
Behavior Genetic