Paul T. Costa Jr. | Scholars@Duke

Paul T. Costa Jr.
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013

Contact Information

4567 Clin Res II, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3926 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
paul.costa@duke.edu (919) 684-3863

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Chicago 1970
Duke Appointment History
- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2011 - 2013
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1994 - 2011
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - van den Berg, SM, de Moor, MHM, Verweij, KJH, Krueger, RF, Luciano, M, Arias Vasquez, A, Matteson, LK, Derringer, J, Esko, T, Amin, N, Gordon, SD, Hansell, NK, Hart, AB, Seppälä, I, Huffman, JE, Konte, B, Lahti, J, Lee, M, Miller, M, Nutile, T, Tanaka, T, Teumer, A, Viktorin, A, Wedenoja, J, Abdellaoui, A, Abecasis, GR, Adkins, DE, Agrawal, A, Allik, J, Appel, K, Bigdeli, TB, Busonero, F, Campbell, H, Costa, PT, Smith, GD, Davies, G, de Wit, H, Ding, J, Engelhardt, BE, Eriksson, JG, Fedko, IO, Ferrucci, L, Franke, B, Giegling, I, Grucza, R, Hartmann, AM, Heath, AC, Heinonen, K, Henders, AK, Homuth, G, Hottenga, J-J, Iacono, WG, Janzing, J, Jokela, M, Karlsson, R, Kemp, JP, Kirkpatrick, MG, Latvala, A, Lehtimäki, T, Liewald, DC, Madden, PAF, Magri, C, Magnusson, PKE, Marten, J, Maschio, A, Mbarek, H, Medland, SE, Mihailov, E, Milaneschi, Y, Montgomery, GW, Nauck, M, Nivard, MG, Ouwens, KG, Palotie, A, Pettersson, E, Polasek, O, Qian, Y, Pulkki-Råback, L, Raitakari, OT, Realo, A, Rose, RJ, Ruggiero, D, Schmidt, CO, Slutske, WS, Sorice, R, Starr, JM, St Pourcain, B, Sutin, AR, Timpson, NJ, Trochet, H, Vermeulen, S, Vuoksimaa, E, Widen, E, Wouda, J, Wright, MJ, Zgaga, L, Generation Scotland, , Porteous, D, Minelli, A, Palmer, AA, Rujescu, D, Ciullo, M, Hayward, C, Rudan, I, Metspalu, A, Kaprio, J, Deary, IJ, Räikkönen, K, Wilson, JF, Keltikangas-Järvinen, L, Bierut, LJ, Hettema, JM, Grabe, HJ, Penninx, BWJH, van Duijn, CM, Evans, DM, Schlessinger, D, Pedersen, NL, Terracciano, A, McGue, M, Martin, NG, and Boomsma, DI. "Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium." Behavior Genetics 46, no. 2 (March 2016): 170-182. Full Text
  - Davey, A, Siegler, IC, Martin, P, Costa, PT, Poon, LW, and Georgia Centenarian Study, . "Personality Structure Among Centenarians: The Georgia Centenarian Study." Experimental Aging Research 41, no. 4 (July 2015): 361-385. Full Text
  - Genetics of Personality Consortium, , de Moor, MHM, van den Berg, SM, Verweij, KJH, Krueger, RF, Luciano, M, Arias Vasquez, A, Matteson, LK, Derringer, J, Esko, T, Amin, N, Gordon, SD, Hansell, NK, Hart, AB, Seppälä, I, Huffman, JE, Konte, B, Lahti, J, Lee, M, Miller, M, Nutile, T, Tanaka, T, Teumer, A, Viktorin, A, Wedenoja, J, Abecasis, GR, Adkins, DE, Agrawal, A, Allik, J, Appel, K, Bigdeli, TB, Busonero, F, Campbell, H, Costa, PT, Davey Smith, G, Davies, G, de Wit, H, Ding, J, Engelhardt, BE, Eriksson, JG, Fedko, IO, Ferrucci, L, Franke, B, Giegling, I, Grucza, R, Hartmann, AM, Heath, AC, Heinonen, K, Henders, AK, Homuth, G, Hottenga, J-J, Iacono, WG, Janzing, J, Jokela, M, Karlsson, R, Kemp, JP, Kirkpatrick, MG, Latvala, A, Lehtimäki, T, Liewald, DC, Madden, PAF, Magri, C, Magnusson, PKE, Marten, J, Maschio, A, Medland, SE, Mihailov, E, Milaneschi, Y, Montgomery, GW, Nauck, M, Ouwens, KG, Palotie, A, Pettersson, E, Polasek, O, Qian, Y, Pulkki-Råback, L, Raitakari, OT, Realo, A, Rose, RJ, Ruggiero, D, Schmidt, CO, Slutske, WS, Sorice, R, Starr, JM, St Pourcain, B, Sutin, AR, Timpson, NJ, Trochet, H, Vermeulen, S, Vuoksimaa, E, Widen, E, Wouda, J, Wright, MJ, Zgaga, L, Porteous, D, Minelli, A, Palmer, AA, Rujescu, D, Ciullo, M, Hayward, C, Rudan, I, Metspalu, A, Kaprio, J, Deary, IJ, Räikkönen, K, Wilson, JF, Keltikangas-Järvinen, L, Bierut, LJ, Hettema, JM, Grabe, HJ, van Duijn, CM, Evans, DM, Schlessinger, D, Pedersen, NL, Terracciano, A, McGue, M, Penninx, BWJH, Martin, NG, and Boomsma, DI. "Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder." Jama Psychiatry 72, no. 7 (July 2015): 642-650. Full Text
  - De Bolle, M, De Fruyt, F, McCrae, RR, Löckenhoff, CE, Costa, PT, Aguilar-Vafaie, ME, Ahn, C-K, Ahn, H-N, Alcalay, L, Allik, J, Avdeyeva, TV, Bratko, D, Brunner-Sciarra, M, Cain, TR, Chan, W, Chittcharat, N, Crawford, JT, Fehr, R, Ficková, E, Gelfand, MJ, Graf, S, Gülgöz, S, Hřebíčková, M, Jussim, L, Klinkosz, W, Knežević, G, Leibovich de Figueroa, N, Lima, MP, Martin, TA, Marušić, I, Mastor, KA, Nakazato, K, Nansubuga, F, Porrata, J, Purić, D, Realo, A, Reátegui, N, Rolland, J-P, Schmidt, V, Sekowski, A, Shakespeare-Finch, J, Shimonaka, Y, Simonetti, F, Siuta, J, Szmigielska, B, Vanno, V, Wang, L, Yik, M, and Terracciano, A. "The emergence of sex differences in personality traits in early adolescence: A cross-sectional, cross-cultural study." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 108, no. 1 (January 2015): 171-185. Full Text
  - van den Berg, SM, de Moor, MHM, McGue, M, Pettersson, E, Terracciano, A, Verweij, KJH, Amin, N, Derringer, J, Esko, T, van Grootheest, G, Hansell, NK, Huffman, J, Konte, B, Lahti, J, Luciano, M, Matteson, LK, Viktorin, A, Wouda, J, Agrawal, A, Allik, J, Bierut, L, Broms, U, Campbell, H, Smith, GD, Eriksson, JG, Ferrucci, L, Franke, B, Fox, J-P, de Geus, EJC, Giegling, I, Gow, AJ, Grucza, R, Hartmann, AM, Heath, AC, Heikkilä, K, Iacono, WG, Janzing, J, Jokela, M, Kiemeney, L, Lehtimäki, T, Madden, PAF, Magnusson, PKE, Northstone, K, Nutile, T, Ouwens, KG, Palotie, A, Pattie, A, Pesonen, A-K, Polasek, O, Pulkkinen, L, Pulkki-Råback, L, Raitakari, OT, Realo, A, Rose, RJ, Ruggiero, D, Seppälä, I, Slutske, WS, Smyth, DC, Sorice, R, Starr, JM, Sutin, AR, Tanaka, T, Verhagen, J, Vermeulen, S, Vuoksimaa, E, Widen, E, Willemsen, G, Wright, MJ, Zgaga, L, Rujescu, D, Metspalu, A, Wilson, JF, Ciullo, M, Hayward, C, Rudan, I, Deary, IJ, Räikkönen, K, Arias Vasquez, A, Costa, PT, Keltikangas-Järvinen, L, van Duijn, CM, Penninx, BWJH, Krueger, RF, Evans, DM, Kaprio, J, Pedersen, NL, Martin, NG, and Boomsma, DI. "Harmonization of Neuroticism and Extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: an application of Item Response Theory." Behavior Genetics 44, no. 4 (July 2014): 295-313. Full Text
  - Costa, PT, Weiss, A, Duberstein, PR, Friedman, B, and Siegler, IC. "Personality facets and all-cause mortality among Medicare patients aged 66 to 102 years: a follow-on study of Weiss and Costa (2005)." Psychosomatic Medicine 76, no. 5 (June 2014): 370-378. Full Text
  - Weiss, A, and Costa, PT. "Re: "Personality and all-cause mortality: individual-participant meta-analysis of 3,947 deaths in 76,150 adults"." American journal of epidemiology 179, no. 6 (March 2014): 791-792. (Letter) Full Text
  - Brummett, BH, Babyak, MA, Williams, RB, Harris, KM, Jiang, R, Kraus, WE, Singh, A, Costa, PT, Georgiades, A, and Siegler, IC. "A putatively functional polymorphism in the HTR2C gene is associated with depressive symptoms in white females reporting significant life stress." Plos One 9, no. 12 (January 2014): e114451-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Costa, PT, Weiss, A, Duberstein, PR, Friedman, B, and Siegler, IC. "Personality facets and all-cause mortality among medicare patients aged 66 to 102 years: A follow-on study of weiss and costa (2005)." Psychosomatic Medicine 76, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 370-378. Full Text
  - Löckenhoff, CE, Chan, W, McCrae, RR, De Fruyt, F, Jussim, L, De Bolle, M, Costa, PT, Sutin, AR, Realo, A, Allik, J, Nakazato, K, Shimonaka, Y, Hřebíčková, M, Graf, S, Yik, M, Ficková, E, Brunner-Sciarra, M, Leibovich de Figueora, N, Schmidt, V, Ahn, CK, Ahn, HN, Aguilar-Vafaie, ME, Siuta, J, Szmigielska, B, Cain, TR, Crawford, JT, Mastor, KA, Rolland, JP, Nansubuga, F, Miramontez, DR, Benet-Martínez, V, Rossier, J, Bratko, D, Marušić, I, Halberstadt, J, Yamaguchi, M, Knežević, G, Martin, TA, Gheorghiu, M, Smith, PB, Barbaranelli, C, Wang, L, Shakespeare-Finch, J, Lima, MP, Klinkosz, W, Sekowski, A, Alcalay, L, Simonetti, F, Avdeyeva, TV, Pramila, VSS, and Terracciano, A. "Gender Stereotypes of Personality: Universal and Accurate?." Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology 45, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 675-694. Full Text
  - Van Den Berg, SM, De Moor, MHM, McGue, M, Pettersson, E, Terracciano, A, Verweij, KJH, Amin, N, Derringer, J, Esko, T, Van Grootheest, G, Hansell, NK, Huffman, J, Konte, B, Lahti, J, Luciano, M, Matteson, LK, Viktorin, A, Wouda, J, Agrawal, A, Allik, J, Bierut, L, Broms, U, Campbell, H, Smith, GD, Eriksson, JG, Ferrucci, L, Franke, B, Fox, JP, De Geus, EJC, Giegling, I, Gow, AJ, Grucza, R, Hartmann, AM, Heath, AC, Heikkilä, K, Iacono, WG, Janzing, J, Jokela, M, Kiemeney, L, Lehtimäki, T, Madden, PAF, Magnusson, PKE, Northstone, K, Nutile, T, Ouwens, KG, Palotie, A, Pattie, A, Pesonen, AK, Polasek, O, Pulkkinen, L, Pulkki-Råback, L, Raitakari, OT, Realo, A, Rose, RJ, Ruggiero, D, Seppälä, I, Slutske, WS, Smyth, DC, Sorice, R, Starr, JM, Sutin, AR, Tanaka, T, Verhagen, J, Vermeulen, S, Vuoksimaa, E, Widen, E, Willemsen, G, Wright, MJ, Zgaga, L, Rujescu, D, Metspalu, A, Wilson, JF, Ciullo, M, Hayward, C, Rudan, I, Deary, IJ, Räikkönen, K, Arias Vasquez, A, Costa, PT, Keltikangas-Järvinen, L, Van Duijn, CM, Penninx, BWJH, Krueger, RF, Evans, DM, Kaprio, J, Pedersen, NL, Martin, NG, and Boomsma, DI. "Harmonization of neuroticism and extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: An application of item response theory." Behavior Genetics 44, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 295-313. Full Text
  - Smits, JAJ, Hofmann, SG, Rosenfield, D, DeBoer, LB, Costa, PT, Simon, NM, O'Cleirigh, C, Meuret, AE, Marques, L, Otto, MW, and Pollack, MH. "D-cycloserine augmentation of cognitive behavioral group therapy of social anxiety disorder: prognostic and prescriptive variables." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 81, no. 6 (December 2013): 1100-1112. Full Text
  - Riffin, C, Löckenhoff, CE, Pillemer, K, Friedman, B, and Costa, PT. "Care recipient agreeableness is associated with caregiver subjective physical health status." The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 68, no. 6 (November 2013): 927-930. Full Text
  - Galler, JR, Bryce, CP, Zichlin, ML, Waber, DP, Exner, N, Fitzmaurice, GM, and Costa, PT. "Malnutrition in the first year of life and personality at age 40." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines 54, no. 8 (August 2013): 911-919. Full Text
  - Galler, JR, Bryce, CP, Waber, DP, Zichlin, ML, Fitzmaurice, GM, and Costa, PT. "MATERNAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN CHILDHOOD AND OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE IN ADULTHOOD." Imagination, Cognition and Personality 33, no. 1-2 (January 2013): 151-163. Full Text
  - Siegler, IC, Williams, RB, Rimer, BK, Rubin, DC, Brummett, BH, Barefoot, JC, and Costa, PT. "WHEN I'M 64: FINDINGS FROM THE UNC ALUMNI HEART STUDY." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 17 (August 2010): 9-10. Link to Item
  - Brummett, BH, Siegler, IC, Day, RS, and Costa, PT. "Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife." Behavioral Medicine (Washington, D.C.) 34, no. 1 (January 2008): 5-10. Full Text
  - Savla, J, Davey, A, Costa, PT, and Whitfield, KE. "Replicating the NEO-PI-R factor structure in African-American older adults." Personality and Individual Differences 43, no. 5 (October 1, 2007): 1279-1288. Full Text
  - Brummett, BH, Babyak, MA, Williams, RB, Barefoot, JC, Costa, PT, and Siegler, IC. "NEO personality domains and gender predict levels and trends in body mass index over 14 years during midlife." Journal of Research in Personality 40, no. 3 (June 1, 2006): 222-236. Full Text
  - Siegler, IC, Costa, PT, Brummett, BH, Helms, MJ, Barefoot, JC, Williams, RB, Dahlstrom, WG, Kaplan, BH, Vitaliano, PP, Nichaman, MZ, Day, RS, and Rimer, BK. "Patterns of change in hostility from college to midlife in the UNC Alumni Heart Study predict high-risk status." Psychosom Med 65, no. 5 (September 2003): 738-745. Link to Item
  - Siegler, IC, Bastian, LA, Steffens, DC, Bosworth, HB, and Costa, PT. "Behavioral medicine and aging." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 70, no. 3 (June 2002): 843-851. (Review) Full Text
  - Costa, PT, Herbst, JH, McCrae, RR, and Siegler, IC. "Personality at midlife: stability, intrinsic maturation, and response to life events." Assessment 7, no. 4 (December 2000): 365-378. Full Text
  - Herbst, JH, McCrae, RR, Costa, PT, Feaganes, JR, and Siegler, IC. "Self-perceptions of stability and change in personality at midlife: the UNC Alumni Heart Study." Assessment 7, no. 4 (December 2000): 379-388. Full Text
  - Siegler, HC, Blumenthal, JA, Barefoot, JC, Peterson, BL, Saunders, WB, Dahlstrom, WG, Costa, PT, Suarez, EC, Helms, MJ, Maynard, KE, and Williams, RB. "Personality factors differentially predict exercise behavior in men and women." Womens Health 3, no. 1 (1997): 61-70. Link to Item
  - Zonderman, AB, Siegler, IC, Barefoot, JC, Williams, RB, and Costa, PT. "Age and gender differences in the content scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory." Exp Aging Res 19, no. 3 (July 1993): 241-257. Full Text Link to Item
  - Siegler, IC, Peterson, BL, Barefoot, JC, Harvin, SH, Dahlstrom, WG, Kaplan, BH, Costa, PT, and Williams, RB. "Using college alumni populations in epidemiologic research: the UNC Alumni Heart Study." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 45, no. 11 (November 1992): 1243-1250. Full Text
  - SIEGLER, IC, BLUMENTHAL, JA, COSTA, PT, DAHLSTROM, WG, PETERSON, BL, BAREFOOT, JC, and WILLIAMS, RB. "PERSONALITY PREDICTION OF EXERCISE IN THE UNC ALUMNI HEART-STUDY." PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE 53, no. 2 (1991): 220-221. Link to Item
  - Siegler, IC, Zonderman, AB, Barefoot, JC, Williams, RB, Costa, PT, and McCrae, RR. "Predicting personality in adulthood from college MMPI scores: implications for follow-up studies in psychosomatic medicine." Psychosom Med 52, no. 6 (November 1990): 644-652. Link to Item
  - McCrae, RR, Costa, PT, Dahlstrom, WG, Barefoot, JC, Siegler, IC, and Williams, RB. "A caution on the use of the MMPI K-correction in research on psychosomatic medicine." Psychosom Med 51, no. 1 (January 1989): 58-65. Link to Item
  - Costa, PT, Stone, SV, McCrae, RR, Dembroski, TM, and Williams, RB. "Hostility, agreeableness-antagonism, and coronary heart disease." Journal of Interprofessional Care 2, no. 3 (January 1, 1987): 161-167. Full Text
  - Gentry, WD, Aronson, MK, Blumenthal, J, Jr, PTC, and DiGiacomo, JN. "Cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Behavioral, cognitive and emotional considerations." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 10, no. 2 Suppl A (1987): 38A-41A.
  - Jr, PTC, Zonderman, AB, McCrae, RR, and Jr, RBW. "Cynicism and paranoid alienation in the Cook and Medley HO scale." Psychosomatic Medicine 48, no. 3-4 (1986): 283-285.
  - Costa, PT, Zonderman, AB, McCrae, RR, and Williams, RB. "Content and Comprehensiveness in the MMPI. An Item Factor Analysis in a Normal Adult Sample." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 48, no. 4 (April 1, 1985): 925-933. Full Text

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