Dr. David Kerr

David Kerr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

School of Psychological Science
2950 SW Jefferson Way
Reed Lodge
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-5303
Phone: (541) 737-1364
Fax: (541) 737-3547
Email

Dr. Kerr studies the development of depression and conduct problems, and the prevention of youth suicide and health-risking sexual behaviors. He has published papers on the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior and negative parenting, gene-environment interaction, pregnancy prevention, and the natural course of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in community and clinical samples.

Education

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (2004), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

B.S., Psychology (1997), Willamette University, Salem, Oregon

Academic and Clinical Positions

Assistant Professor (9/08 – present)
Psychology Department, College of Liberal Arts
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Research Associate (4/06 – present)
Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, Oregon

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (9/04 - 3/06)
APA-Accredited Postdoctoral Training Program in Professional Psychology
APA-Accredited Specialty Training in Child and Adolescent Psychology
Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Psychology Intern (9/03 - 9/04; 9/01 - 9/02)
University Center for the Child and the Family, APA-Accredited Internship
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Awards and Grant Support

Research Grant, John C. Erkkila, M.D., Endowment for Health and Human Performance, Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, $20,000 (2011-2012)
Title: Seasonal Pathways to Depression.
Role: Principal Investigator

Faculty Release Time grant, Oregon State University Research Office $5,744 (2011)
Title: Interacting Seasonal and Psychosocial Influences on Depression: A Multi-Site Study
Role: Principal Investigator

New Investigator Grant, Oregon Health & Science University Medical Research Foundation, $39,963 (2010-2011)
Title: Weather and psychosocial influences on seasonal depression in at-risk males from adolescence to young adulthood.
Role: Principal Investigator

NIMH, U.S. PHS, $143,000 (2010-2011)
Title: Long-term Treatment Effects on Juvenile Justice Girls' Depression and Suicide Risk
Role: Principal Investigator

College of Liberal Arts Research Grant, Oregon State University, $4,273 (2009)
Title: Seasonal variation in depressive symptoms: Environmental and behavioral mechanisms across adolescence and young adulthood
Role: Principal Investigator

NIDA, U.S. PHS, $3,602,740 (Years 6-10; 2008-2013)
Title: Adjustment Problems and Substance Use in 3 Generations
Principal Investigator: Deborah Capaldi
Role: Co-Investigator

Distinguished Fellow (2008)
Summer Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health

NICHD, U.S. PHS, $5,978,657 (Years 6-10; 2007-2012)
Title: The Early Growth and Development Study: Family Process, Genes and School Entry
Principal Investigator: Leslie Leve
Role: Research Associate

Student Research Grant (2002–2003)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Project Title: “Suicidal Adolescents in Michigan: Enhanced Social Support and Treatment Adherence”
Role: Principal Investigator

Professional Memberships

American Association of Suicidology
American Psychological Association
Society for Prevention Research
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for Research on Child Development

Ad Hoc Reviewing

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Child Abuse & Neglect
Developmental Psychology
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Journal of Family Psychology
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Psychological Assessment
Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, 2009
Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, 2009
American Association of Suicidology Conference, 2008

Publications

Kerr, D.C.R., & King, C.A. (in press). Mentoring youth with mental health needs. In D.L. DuBois & M.J. Karcher (Eds.), Handbook of Youth Mentoring, 2^nd Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kerr, D.C.R., Capaldi, D.M., Pears, K.C., & Owen, L.D. (in press). Intergenerational influences on early alcohol use: Independence from the problem behavior pathway. Development and Psychopathology.

Pears, K.C., Kim, H.K., Capaldi, D.C., Kerr, D.C.R., & Fisher, P. (in press). Father-child transmission of school adjustment: A prospective intergenerational study. Developmental Psychology.

Capaldi, D.M., Pears, K.C., Kerr, D.C.R., Owen, L.D., & Kim, H. (in press). Predictors of growth in externalizing and internalizing problems in childhood: A prospective study of three generations. Child Development.

Leve, L.D., Kerr, D.C.R., & Harold, G.T. (in press). Young adult outcomes associated with teen pregnancy among high-risk girls in an RCT of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.

Kerr, D.C.R., Owen, L.D., & Capaldi, D.M. (in press). The timing of tobacco use onset, prolonged abstinence, and relapse in men: A prospective study from ages 18 to 32 years. Addiction.

Kerr, D.C.R., Owen, L.D., Capaldi, D.M., Wiesner, M., & Pears, K.C. (in press). Changes in crime and substance use trajectories associated with first fatherhood in an at-risk American sample. Journal of Marriage and Family.

Shortt, J.W., Capaldi, D.M., Kim, H.K, Kerr, D.C.R., Owen, L.D., & Feingold, A. (in press). Stability of intimate partner violence by men across 12 years in young adulthood: Effects of relationship transitions. Prevention Science.

Kerr, D.C.R. & Capaldi, D.M. (2011). Young men’s intimate partner violence and relationship functioning: Longterm outcomes associated with suicide attempt and aggression in adolescence. Psychological Medicine, 41, 759-770.

Callendar, K.A., Olson, S.L., Kerr, D.C.R., & Sameroff, A.J. (2010). Assessment of cheating behavior in young school-age children: Distinguishing normative behaviors from risk markers of externalizing psychopathology. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39, 776-788.

Lane, J.D., Wellman, H.M., Olson, S.L., LaBounty, J., & Kerr, D.C.R. (2010). Theory of mind and emotion understanding predict moral development in early childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28, 871-889.

King, C.A., Kerr, D.C.R., Passarelli, M.N., Foster, C.E., & Merchant, C.R. (2010). One-year follow-up of suicidal adolescents: Parent history of mental health problems and time to post-hospitalization attempt. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 219–232.

Leve, L.D., Kerr, D.C.R., Shaw, D.S., Ge, X., Neiderhiser, J.M., Scaramella, L.V., Reid, J.B., Conger, R.D., & Reiss, D. (2010). Infant pathways to externalizing behavior: Evidence of genotype X environment interaction. Child Development, 81, 340–356.

Kerr, D.C.R., Leve, L.D., & Chamberlain, P. (2009). Pregnancy rates among juvenile justice girls in two RCTs of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 588-593. Full Text

Kerr, D.C.R., Capaldi, D.M., Pears, K.M., & Owen, L.D. (2009). A prospective three generational study of fathers’ strong parenting: Influences from family of origin, adolescent adjustment, and offspring temperament. Developmental Psychology, 45(5), 1257-1275.

Kim, H.K., Capaldi, D.M., Pears, K.C., Kerr, D.C.R., & Owen, L.D. (2009). Intergenerational transmission of internalising and externalizing behaviours across three generations: Gender-specific pathways. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 19, 125-141.Full Text

Olson, S.L., Sameroff, A.J., Lunkenheimer, E.S., & Kerr, D.C. (2009). Self-regulatory processes in the development of disruptive behavior problems: The preschool-to-school transition. In S.L. Olson and A.J. Sameroff (Eds.), Biopsychosocial regulatory processes in the development of childhood behavioral problems. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Kerr, D.C.R., Owen, L.D., & Capaldi, D.M. (2008). Suicidal ideation and its recurrence among boys and men from early adolescence to early adulthood: An event history analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117(3), 625-636.Full Text

Feingold, A., Kerr, D.C.R., & Capaldi, D.M. (2008). Associations of substance use problems with intimate partner violence for at-risk men in long-term relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 22(3), 429-438.

Kerr, D.C.R. (2008). Replicated prediction of men's suicide attempt history from parent reports in late childhood.Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 47(7), 834-835.

Kerr, D.C.R., Owen, L.D., Pears, K.C., & Capaldi, D.M. (2008). Prevalence of suicidal ideation in at-risk males assessed annually from ages 9 to 29 years. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 38(4), 390-402.Full Text

Capaldi, D.M., Pears, K.C., Kerr, D.C.R., & Owen, L.D. (2008). Intergenerational and partner influences on fathers' negative discipline. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 347-358.Full Text

Kerr, D.C.R., Washburn, J.J., Feingold, A., Kramer, A.C., Ivey, A.Z., & King, C.A. (2007). Sequelae of aggression in acutely suicidal adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 817-830.Full Text

Kerr, D.C.R., Lunkenheimer, E.S., & Olson, S.L. (2007). Assessment of child problem behaviors by multiple informants: A longitudinal study from preschool to school entry. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 967-975.Full Text

Huth-Bocks, A.C., Kerr, D.C.R., Ivey, A.Z., Kramer, A., & King, C.A. (2007). Assessment of psychiatrically hospitalized suicidal adolescents: Self-report instruments as predictors of suicidal thoughts and behavior. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 387-395.

Joe, S., Clarke, J., Ivey, A.Z., Kerr, D., & King, C.A. (2007). Impact of familial factors and psychopathology on suicidality among African American adolescents. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 15, 199-218.

Kerr, D.C.R., King, C.A., & Preuss, L.J. (2006). Suicidal adolescents' social support from family and peers: Gender-specific associations with psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 99-110.

King, C.A., Kramer, A., Preuss, L., Kerr, D.C.R., Weisse, L., & Venkataraman, S. (2006). Youth-Nominated Support Team for suicidal adolescents (Version 1): A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74,199-206.

Olson, S.L., Sameroff, A.J., Kerr, D.C.R., Lopez, N.L. & Wellman, H.M. (2005). Developmental foundations of externalizing problems in young children: The role of effortful control. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 25-45.

Kerr, D.C.R., Lopez, N.L., Olson, S.L, & Sameroff, A.J. (2004). Parental discipline and externalizing behavior problems in early childhood: Roles of moral regulation and child gender. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 369-383. Full Text

Kerr, D.C.R. (2008). Parenting adolescents who go online: Differences by parent, child, and family characteristics. Unpublished manuscript.

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