Natalie Goulter, PhD
Email: ngoulter@sfu.ca
Biography
Natalie Goulter, Ph.D., is a University Research Associate and Adjunct Professor within the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She received her M.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, under the supervision of Professor Michael Colombo, and her Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Australia, under the supervision of Professor Eva Kimonis. After her Ph.D., she completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship collaborating with Professor Robert McMahon (Director: Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence) and Professor Marlene Moretti (Director: Adolescent Health Lab) at Simon Fraser University.
Dr. Goulter’s program of research focuses on the development of externalizing psychopathology and callous-unemotional traits (i.e., deficient affect, callous lack of empathy, reduced affiliative capacity) during childhood and adolescence from a biopsychosocial perspective. Specifically, she is interested in: a) environmental risk and protective factors; b) biological mechanisms with a focus on endocrine and physiological indices; c) emotion processing and social cognition factors; and d) prevention interventions.
Representative Publications
Yu, R. A., Goulter, N., & McMahon, R. J. (2021). Longitudinal associations between parental warmth, harsh discipline, child emotion regulation, and ODD dimensions. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01205-7
Anderson, S. L., Goulter, N., & McMahon, R. J. (2021). Examining the directionality of the relationship between early school age anxiety and maternal warmth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01197-4
Pasalich, D., Craig, S. G., Goulter, N., O’Donnell, K. A., Sierra Hernandez, C., & Moretti, M. M. (2021). Patterns and predictors of different youth responses to attachment-based parent intervention. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1923022
Goulter, N., Craig, S. G., & McMahon, R. J. (2021). Primary and secondary callous-unemotional traits in adolescence are associated with distinct maladaptive and adaptive outcomes in adulthood. Development and Psychopathology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421000481
Goulter, N., & Moretti, M. M. (2021). Network structure of callous-unemotional traits and conduct disorder symptoms among at-risk youth: Multi-informant reports and gender differences. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00819-8
Lansford, J. E., Goulter, N., Godwin, J., Crowley, D. M., McMahon, R. J., Bates, J. E., Pettit, G. S., & Dodge, K. A. (2021). Individuals’ own and peers’ substance use trajectories from early adolescence to adulthood. Addictive Behaviors, 120, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106958
McMahon, R. J., Goulter, N., & Frick, P. J. (2021). Moderators of treatment response for children and youth with conduct problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1894566
Oberth, C., Goulter, N., & McMahon, R. J. (2021). The comparative and cumulative impact of different forms of violence exposure during childhood and adolescence on long-term adult outcomes. Development and Psychopathology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420002254
Goulter, N., Roubinov, D. S., McMahon, R. J., Boyce, W. T., & Bush, N. R. (2021). Externalizing and internalizing trajectories: Associations with family adversity and children’s adrenocortical and autonomic functioning. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00762-0
Goulter, N., Cyr, M., Kotler, J. S., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2021). Childhood conduct problems trajectories are associated with distinct Antisocial Process Screening Device dimensions. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-020-09863-y
Goulter, N., McMahon, R. J., Pasalich, D. S., & Dodge, K. A. (2020). Indirect effects of early parenting on adult antisocial outcomes via adolescent conduct disorder symptoms and callous-unemotional traits. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 49, 930-942. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1613999
Craig, S. G., Goulter, N., & Moretti, M. M. (2020). A systematic review of primary and secondary callous-unemotional traits and psychopathy variants in youth. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-020-00329-x
Goulter, N., Moretti, M. M., del Casal, J. M., & Dietterle, P. (2019). Attachment insecurity accounts for the relationship between maternal and paternal maltreatment and adolescent health. Child Abuse and Neglect, 96, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104090
Goulter, N., McMahon, R. J., Dodge, K. A., & Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2019). Does the Fast Track intervention prevent later psychosis symptoms? Prevention Science, 20, 1255-1264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-019-01041-1
Goulter, N., Kimonis, E. R., Denson, T. F., & Begg, D. P. (2019). Primary and secondary female psychopathy variants show distinct endocrine and psychophysiological profiles. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104, 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.02.011
Hayre, R. S., Goulter, N., & Moretti, M. M. (2019). Maltreatment, attachment, and substance use in adolescence: Direct and indirect pathways. Addictive Behaviors, 90, 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.10.049
Goulter, N., Kimonis, E. R., & Heller, E. (2018). Antisocial Process Screening Device subscales predict recidivism among an Australian juvenile offender sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 40, 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-018-9669-3
Goulter, N., Kimonis, E. R., Hawes, S. W., Stepp, S., & Hipwell, A. E. (2017). Identifying stable variants of callous-unemotional traits: A longitudinal study of at-risk girls. Developmental Psychology, 53, 2364-2376. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000394
Bisby, M. A., Kimonis, E. R., & Goulter, N. (2017). Low maternal warmth mediates the relationship between emotional neglect and callous-unemotional traits among male juvenile offenders. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 1790-1798. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0719-3
Kimonis, E. R., Fanti, K. A., Goulter, N., & Hall, J. (2017). Affective startle potentiation differentiates primary and secondary variants of juvenile psychopathy. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 1149-1160. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416001206
Kimonis, E. R., Goulter, N., Hawes, D. J., Wilbur, R. R., & Groer, M. W. (2017). Neuroendocrine factors distinguish juvenile psychopathy variants. Developmental Psychobiology, 59, 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21473
Kimonis, E. R., Kennealy, P. J., & Goulter, N. (2016). Does the self-report Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits predict recidivism? Psychological Assessment, 28, 1616-1624. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000292
Kimonis, E. R., Fanti, K. A., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Mertan, B., Goulter, N., & Katsimicha, E. (2016). Can callous-unemotional traits be reliably measured in preschoolers? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 625-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-0075-y