Debra Boeldt

  • Graduate Student in Clinical Psychology
  • Faculty Advisor: Soo Rhee
  • Phone: 303-735-5829
  • Fax: 303-492-2967
  • Email: Debra.Boeldt@Colorado.edu

Education

  • BA, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2004
  • MA, University of Colorado Boulder, 2009
  • PhD, expected 2013

Research Interests

My research interests include the etiology of externalizing behaviors, parenting influences, genetic and environmental risks, and perinatal risk factors in development.

Publications and Presentations

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., DiLalla, L.F., Mullineaux, P.Y., Schulz-Heik, R.J., & Hewitt, J.K. (In Press). The Relationship Between Positive Parenting and Externalizing Behavior. Infant and Child Development.

Keenan, K., Boeldt, D.L., Chen, D., Coyne, C., Davis, S., Donald, R., Duax, J., Hart, K., Perrot, J., Strickland, J., Danis, B., Hill, C., Davis, S., Kampani, S., & Humphries, M. (2011). Predictive validity of DSM-‐IV oppositional defiant and conduct disorders in clinically referred preschoolers. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52, 47-55.

Cosgrove, V.E., Rhee, S.H, Gelhorn, H., Boeldt, D.L., Corley, R.C., Ehringer, M.A., Young, S.E. & Hewitt, J.K. (2011). Structure and etiology of co-occurring internalizing and externalizing disorders in adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 109-123.

Feng, X., Keenan, K., Hipwell, A.E., Hinze, A.E., Babinski, D.E., Henneberger, A., Rischall, M., Boeldt, D.L., Coyne, C., & Butch, J. (2009). Longitudinal associations between emotion regulation and depression: Moderation by the caregiving environment. Developmental Psychology, 45, 798-808.

Keenan, K., Sheffield, R. & Boeldt, D.L. (2007). Are prenatal psychological or physical stressors associated with suboptimal outcomes in neonates born to adolescent mothers? Early Human Development, 83, 623-627.

Rhee, S. H., Boeldt, D. L., Zahn-Waxler, C., Robinson, J. L., Corley, R. C., Friedman, N., Hewitt, J. K., Knafo, A., Van Hulle, C., Waldman, I. D., & Young, S. E. (In Revision). The role of language in Concern and Disregard for Others in the first years of life. Developmental Psychology.

Rhee, S. H., Friedman, N. P., Boeldt, D. L., Corley, R. P., Hewitt, J. K., Knafo, A., Lahey, B. B., Robinson, J. A., Van Hulle, C., Waldman, I. D., Young, S. E., & Zahn-Waxler, C. (In Revision). Early concern and disregard for others as predictors of antisocial behavior. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., Haberstick, B.C., DiLalla, L.F., Mullineaux, P.Y., Young, S., Corley, R., & Hewitt, J.K. (In Preparation). The Role of DRD4 and Positive Parenting during Toddlerhood in the Development of Externalizing Behavior.

Boeldt, D.L., Dimidjian, S., Goodman, S.H., Rhee, S.H., Felder, J., Lindemann, A., Hawkey, C., & Kimmel, A. (In Preparation) The Role of Social Support in the Prevention of Postpartum Depression with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy.

Whisman, M., Rhee, S.H., Hink, L., Boeldt, D.L., & Johnson, D. (In Preparation). Marital quality and subjective well-being: A genetically informed investigation. Journal of Family Psychology.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., Corley, R., Young, S., & Hewitt, J. (May 2011) An examination of the developmental pathways model of oppositional defiant disorder in a genetically informative sample. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Newport, Rhode Island.

Rhee, S.H., Boeldt, D.L., Corley, R., DiLalla, L., Friedman, N., Hewitt, J., Lahey, B., Mullineaux, P., Robinson, J., Smith, A., Waldman, A., Young, S. (May 2011) The role of early cognitive ability and positive parenting on antisocial behavior. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Newport, Rhode Island.

Whisman, M., Rhee, S.H., Hink, L., Boeldt, D.L., & Johnson, D. (May 2011). Marital quality and subjective well-being: A genetically informed investigation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Newport, Rhode Island.

Boeldt, D.L., Dimidjian, S., Goodman, S.H., Rhee, S.H., Felder, J., Lindemann, A., Hawkey, C., & Kimmel, A. (April 2011) The Role of Social Support in the Prevention of Postpartum Depression with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Poster presented at the Society of Research and Child Development conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., Haberstick, B.C., DiLalla, L.F., Mullineaux, P.Y., Young, S., Corley, R., & Hewitt, J.K. (June 2010). The Role of Genotype and Positive Parenting during Toddlerhood in the Development of Externalizing Behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Seoul, South Korea.

Rhee, S.H., Boeldt, D.L., Corley, R.C., Hewitt, J.K., Hink, L.K., Knafo, A., Lahey, B., Robinson, J., Van Hulle, C., Waldman, I.D., Young, S., Zahn-Waxler, C. (June 2010) Concern and disregard for others as predictors of antisocial behavior. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Seoul, South Korea.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., Boeldt, D.L., Zahn-Waxler, C., Robinson, J.L., Corley, R., Friedman, N.P., Hewitt, J.K., Young, S.E., Van Hulle, C., Lahey B.B. (November 2009). Understanding the role of Gender Differences in the Development of Empathy. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., McQueen, M.B., Buhlig, B., Cosgrove, V., Young, S.E., Smolen, A., Corley, R., Hewitt, J.K. (June 2009). Association between the Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism and Common Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Minneapolis, MN.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., Buhlig, B., Cosgrove, V., Young, S.E., Smolen, A., Corley, R., Hewitt, J.K. (April 2009) Generalized Anxiety Disorder and the Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism: a Sibling-based Association Study. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society of Research and Child Development, Denver, CO.

Rhee, S.H., Boeldt, D.L., Zahn-Waxler, C., Robinson, J.L., Corley, R., Friedman, N.P., Hewitt, J.K., Young, S.E., Van Hulle, C., Lahey B.B. (April 2009). Prosociality and Cognitive Ability as Predictors of Childhood Externalizing Behavior. Paper symposium Empathy and Callousness from Infancy to Early and Middle Childhood: Implications for Adaptive Development and Psychopathology. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society of Research and Child Development, Denver, CO.

Rhee, S.H., Boeldt, D.L., DiLalla, L.F., Mullineaux, P.Y., Schulz-Heik, R.J. & Hewitt, J.K. (April 2009). The Relationship Between Positive Parenting and Externalizing Behavior. Paper symposium Warm vs. Insensitive Parenting and Children's Problem Behaviors: Evidence for Gene-Environment Correlations. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Society of Research and Child Development, Denver, CO.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., McQueen, M.B., Buhlig, B., Cosgrove, V., Young, S.E., Smolen, A., Corley, R., Hewitt, J.K. (April 2009). Association between the Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism and Common Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescence. Poster presented at the annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, Madison, WI.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., DiLalla, L.F., Mullineaux, P.Y., Schulz-Heik, R.J. & Hewitt, J.K. (May 2008). The Relationship Between Positive Parenting and Externalizing Behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, Chicago, IL.

Boeldt, D.L., Rhee, S.H., DiLalla, L.F., Mullineaux, P.Y., Schulz-Heik, R.J. & Hewitt, J.K. (November 2008). The Relationship Between Positive Parenting and Externalizing Behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.

Boeldt, D., Coyne, C., & Keenan, K., & Wakschlag, L. (March 2007). Maternal childhood, but not adult, antisocial behavior is associated with preschoolers' disruptive behavior problems. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society of Research for Child Development, Boston, M.A.

Keenan, K., Boeldt, D., & Sheffield, R. (May 2006). Prenatal psychological stress in adolescent mothers is associated with neonatal outcomes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Sciences, New York, N.Y.