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Dante Cicchetti is an American
developmental psychologist Developmental psychology is the science, scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult deve ...
and a prominent figure in the field of developmental psychopathology. , he holds the title of professor emeritus at the College of Education and Human Development,
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...
. He previously held a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the
University of Minnesota Medical School The University of Minnesota Medical School is a medical school at the University of Minnesota. It is a combination of three campuses located in Minneapolis, Duluth, and St. Cloud, Minnesota. The medical school has more than 17,000 alumni as of 2 ...
and served as the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair and the William Harris Endowed Chair. In 1989, Cicchetti founded the academic journal ''Development and Psychopathology'', where he served as editor-in-chief until 2024.


Biography

Dante Cicchetti was born on August 25, 1948, in
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...
,
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. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...
and later received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Minnesota in 1972, specializing in
clinical psychology Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well ...
and
developmental psychology Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development ...
. From 1977 to 1985, he served on the faculty of
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
, where he held the position of Norman Tishman Associate Professor of Psychology. In 1985, Cicchetti moved to
University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...
, where he became the director of the Mt. Hope Family Center.


Career

While at Harvard, he conducted research on emotional development, Down syndrome, child maltreatment, and the development of conditions such as depression and
borderline personality disorder Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive, long-term pattern of significant interpersonal relationship instability, an acute fear of Abandonment (emotional), abandonment, and intense emotiona ...
. In 1984, he edited a special issue of ''Child Development'' on developmental psychopathology to introduce the field to the developmental research community. Cicchetti's research focuses on developing an integrative developmental theory to explain human psychological functioning. His work spans multiple domains, including developmental
psychopathology Psychopathology is the study of mental illness. It includes the signs and symptoms of all mental disorders. The field includes Abnormal psychology, abnormal cognition, maladaptive behavior, and experiences which differ according to social norms ...
, the effects of
child maltreatment Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...
,
neuroplasticity Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity or just plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through neurogenesis, growth and reorganization. Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to reorganize and rewir ...
, and sensitive periods. He has also studied the impact of traumatic experiences on
brain development The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head ( cephalization), usually near organs for special sens ...
, the
biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...
and
psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
aspects of unipolar and bipolar
mood disorders A mood disorder, also known as an affective disorder, is any of a group of conditions of mental and behavioral disorder where the main underlying characteristic is a disturbance in the person's mood. The classification is in the ''Diagnostic ...
, and the interactions among molecular, genetic, neurobiological, socio-emotional, cognitive, linguistic, and representational development in both typical and atypical populations. Additionally, his research examines attachment relationships, self-representation disorders across the lifespan,Toth, S. L., Rogosch, F. A., Manly, J. T., & Cicchetti, D. (2006). "The efficacy of toddler parent psychotherapy to reorganize attachment in the young offspring of mothers with major depressive disorder". ''Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology'', 74(6), 1006- 1016. and multilevel perspectives on resilience. Cicchetti's research has been funded by the
National Institute of Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH, in turn, is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primar ...
, the
National Institute of Drug Abuse The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual ...
, the Office of Child Abuse and Neglect, and the William T. Grant Foundation.


Professional societies

* Fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...
(AAAS) * Fellow,
Association for Psychological Science The Association for Psychological Science (APS), previously the American Psychological Society, is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in r ...


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 pecial 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. (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. (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.


References


External links

* The Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesot
Institute of Child Development
* Champion of Psychology

* Mt. Hope Family Cente
Mt. Hope Family Center , Building strong families through scientific research.
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