of abuse and their own abusive behavior towards their children: A group of parents reported their experiences of abuse during childhood; ten years later, their adolescent male children reported their parents’ abusive behavior towards them. The researchers found that parents who had experienced child abuse over multiple occasions were more likely to become abusive themselves. Capaldi and her colleagues have also studied factors associated with increased risk for dysfunctional romantic relationships in young adult males. Their longitudinal research identifies impulsive aggression and suicide attempts in adolescence as risk factors for later maladaptive relationship behaviors, such as physical and psychological aggression toward an intimate partner and domestic violence. Capaldi's research has also shown that a history of substance use problems, especially involving cannabis and hallucinogens, is predictive of increased risk of intimate partner violence among men. Other research has linked antisocial behavior, substance use, and low parental monitoring with heightened sexual risk behaviors, including increased numbers of intimate partners and contraction of sexually transmitted diseases. Representative publications Capaldi, D. M., & Clark, S. (1998). Prospective family predictors of aggression toward female partners for at-risk young men. Developmental Psychology, 34(6), 1175–1188. Capaldi, D. M., Knoble, N. B., Shortt, J. W., & Kim, H. K. (2012). A systematic review of risk factors for intimate partner violence. Partner Abuse, 3(2), 231–280. Capaldi, D. M., & Patterson, G. R. (1991). Relation of parental transitions to boys' adjustment problems: I. A linear hypothesis: II. Mothers at risk for transitions and unskilled parenting. Developmental Psychology, 27(3), 489–504. Capaldi, D. M., & Rothbart, M. K. (1992). Development and validation of an early adolescent temperament measure. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 12(2), 153–173. Dishion, T. J., Capaldi, D., Spracklen, K. M., & Li, F. (1995). Peer ecology of male adolescent drug use. Development and Psychopathology, 7(4), 803–824. Patterson, G. R., Capaldi, D., & Bank, L. (1991). An early starter model for predicting delinquency. In D. J. Pepler & K. H. Rubin (Eds.), The development and treatment of childhood aggression (pp. 139–168). Hillsdale, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. References External links Home page Oregon Youth Study Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists Alumni of the University of York University of Oregon alumni 21st-century American women