Dr Bonamy Oliver

Biography

PhD Psychology and Behavioural Genetics (King's College London)

Role

Lecturer

Using longitudinal, and often behavioural genetic designs to better understand negative and positive behavioural outcomes and how they relate to putative risk factors, parenting and parent-child relationships, and other aspects of children's experience.

Contributing lecturer: Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence (Year 1)

Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 2.30-3.30pm

Mandy, William, Skuse, David, Steer, Colin, St Pourcain, Beate and Oliver, Bonamy R (2013) Oppositionality and socio-emotional competence: interacting risk factors in the development of childhood conduct disorder symptoms. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52 (7). pp. 718-727. ISSN 0890-8567

Pike, Alison and Oliver, Bonamy R (2013) Parenting in childhood. In: Behavioral genetics of interpersonal relationships across the lifespan. Springer, New York. (In Press)

Oliver, Bonamy R and Hodgins, Sheilagh (2013) Understanding violence in girls with substance misuse problems. In: Girls at risk: Swedish longitudinal research on adjustment. Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development . Springer, London and New York, pp. 79-104. ISBN 9781461441298

Dadds, Mark R, Allen, Jennifer L, Oliver, Bonamy R, Faulkner, Nathan, Legge, Katherine, Moul, Caroline, Woolgar, Matthew and Scott, Stephen (2012) Love, eye contact and the developmental origins of empathy v. psychopathy. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 200 (3). pp. 191-196. ISSN 0007-1250

Oliver, Bonamy R, Barker, Edward D, Mandy, William P L, Skuse, David H and Maughan, Barbara (2011) Social cognition and conduct problems: A developmental approach. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 50 (4). pp. 385-394. ISSN 08908567

Barker, Edward D, Oliver, Bonamy R and Maughan, Barbara (2010) Co-occurring problems of early onset persistent, childhood limited, and adolescent onset conduct problem youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51 (11). pp. 1217-1226. ISSN 00219630

Hodgins, Sheilagh, Oliver, Bonamy R, Tengström, Anders and Larsson, Agne (2010) Adolescents who consulted for substance misuse problems: outcomes 1 year later. Nordic journal of psychiatry, 64 (3). pp. 189-195. ISSN 1502-4725

Viding, Essi, Fontaine, Nathalie M G, Oliver, Bonamy R and Plomin, Robert (2009) Negative parental discipline, conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: monozygotic twin differences study. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 195 (5). pp. 414-419. ISSN 0007-1250

Oliver, Bonamy R., Pike, Alison and Plomin, Robert (2008) Nonshared environmental influences on teacher-reported behaviour problems: monozygotic twin differences in perceptions of the classroom. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49 (6). pp. 646-653. ISSN 0021-9630

Haworth, Claire M A, Harlaar, Nicole, Kovas, Yulia, Davis, Oliver S P, Oliver, Bonamy R, Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E, Frances, Jane, Busfield, Patricia, McMillan, Andrew, Dale, Philip S and Plomin, Robert (2007) Internet cognitive testing of large samples needed in genetic research. Twin research and human genetics, 10 (4). pp. 554-63. ISSN 1832-4274

Oliver, Bonamy R and Plomin, Robert (2007) Twins' early development study (TEDS): a multivariate, longitudinal genetic investigation of language, cognition and behavior problems from childhood through adolescence. Twin research and human genetics , 10 (1). pp. 96-105. ISSN 1832-4274

Oliver, Bonamy R, Dale, Philip S and Plomin, Robert (2007) Writing and reading skills as assessed by teachers in 7-year olds: A behavioral genetic approach. Cognitive Development, 22 (1). pp. 77-95. ISSN 0885-2014

Oliver, Bonamy R, Dale, Philip S and Plomin, Robert (2005) Predicting literacy at age 7 from preliteracy at age 4: a longitudinal genetic analysis. Psychological science, 16 (11). pp. 861-5. ISSN 0956-7976

Kovas, Yulia, Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E, Oliver, Bonamy, Dale, Philip S, Bishop, Dorothy V M and Plomin, Robert (2005) Genetic influences in different aspects of language development: the etiology of language skills in 4.5-year-old twins. Child development, 76 (3). pp. 632-651. ISSN 0009-3920

Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E, Oliver, Bonamy and Plomin, Robert (2005) Genetic influences on specific versus nonspecific language impairment in 4-year-old twins. Journal of learning disabilities, 38 (3). pp. 222-232. ISSN 0022-2194

Oliver, Bonamy, Dale, Philip S and Plomin, Robert (2004) Verbal and nonverbal predictors of early language problems: an analysis of twins in early childhood back to infancy. Journal of child language, 31 (3). pp. 609-631. ISSN 0305-0009