Dante Cicchetti

Dante Cicchetti
Born	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Alma mater	University of Minnesota,
Awards	James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	Developmental psychopathology, psychiatry, developmental science, molecular genetics
Institutions	University of Minnesota
Doctoral advisor	Paul E. Meehl and L. Alan Sroufe

Dante Cicchetti is a developmental psychology and developmental psychopathology scientist specializing in high-risk and disenfranchised populations, including maltreated children and offspring of depressed parents. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School and in the Institute of Child Development. He is the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair and the William Harris Endowed Chair.

Biography

Cicchetti received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a Philosophy of Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota in 1972 in clinical psychology and developmental psychology. He was on the faculty of Harvard University from 1977 to 1985, where he was the Norman Tishman Associate Professor of Psychology. In 1985, he left for the University of Rochester, where he was the Mt. Hope Family Center director. Cicchetti is the founding and current editor of the academic journal Development and Psychopathology.

Career

While at Harvard, he began publishing research on emotional development, Down Syndrome, child maltreatment, and the development of conditions such as depression and borderline personality disorder. In 1984, he edited a special issue of Child Development on developmental psychopathology to acquaint the developmental community with this emerging discipline.

Cicchetti's primary research interests lie in formulating an integrative developmental theory that describes and explains human psychological functioning.[1] His work has involved several domains, including developmental psychopathology,[2] the developmental consequences of child maltreatment,[3] neuroplasticity, and sensitive periods[4]. Additionally, he has researched the impact of traumatic experiences on brain development,[5] the biology and psychology of unipolar and bipolar mood disorders,[6] the interrelationships among molecular, genetic, neurobiological, socio-emotional, cognitive, linguistic, and representational development in normal and pathological populations,[7] the study of attachment relations and representative models of the self and its disorders across the life span,[8] and multilevel perspectives on resilience.

Cicchetti's research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the Office of Child Abuse and Neglect, and the William T. Grant Foundation.

Professional societies

• Fellow, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Fellow, Association for Psychological Science

Selected works

• Cicchetti, D., & Rogosch, F. A. (2012). Gene by Environment interaction and resilience: Effects of child maltreatment and serotonin, corticotropin releasing hormone, dopamine, and oxytocin genes. Development and Psychopathology, 24(2).
• Cicchetti, D., Rogosch, F. A., & Oshri, A. (2011). Interactive effects of corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1, serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region, and child maltreatment on diurnal cortisol regulation and internalizing symptomatology. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 1125–1138.
• Cicchetti, D. (2010). Resilience under conditions of extreme stress: A multilevel perspective [Special Article]. World Psychiatry, 9, 1–10.
• Cicchetti, D., Rogosch, F. A., Toth, S. L., & Sturge-Apple, M. L. (2011). Normalizing the development of cortisol regulation in maltreated infants through preventive interventions. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 789–800.
• Cicchetti, D. (2004). An odyssey of discovery: Lessons learned through three decades of research on child maltreatment. American Psychologist, 59(8), 4–14.
• Cicchetti, D., & Rogosch, F. (1999). Psychopathology as risk for adolescent substance use disorders: A developmental psychopathology perspective. Journal of Clinical Child Psychiatry, 28, 355–365.

Books edited

• Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D. J. (Eds.). (2006). Developmental psychopathology: Theory and method (Vol. 1, 2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
• Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D. J. (Eds.). (2006). Developmental psychopathology: Developmental neuroscience (Vol. 2, 2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
• Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D. J. (Eds.). (2006). Developmental psychopathology: Risk, disorder, and adaptation. (Vol. 3, 2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
• Attachment in the Preschool Years: Theory, Research, and Intervention by Dante Cicchetti, Mark T. Greenberg, E. Mark Cummings. ISBN 0226306305 (0-226-30630-5).
• Child Maltreatment: Theory and Research on the Causes and Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect by Dante Cicchetti, Vicki K. Carlson. ISBN 0521379695 (0-521-37969-5). Cambridge University Press.
• Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D. J. (Eds.). (1995). Developmental psychopathology: Theory and method (Vol. 1). New York: Wiley.
• Cicchetti, D., & Cohen, D. J. (Eds.). (1995). Developmental psychopathology: Risk, disorder, and adaptation (Vol. 2). New York: Wiley.

External links

• The Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development
• Champion of Psychology: Champions of Psychology: Dante Cicchetti
• Mt. Hope Family Center Mt. Hope Family Center | Building strong families through scientific research.