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Etiological heterogeneity in the development of antisocial behavior: the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development and the Young Adult Follow-Up.
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Psychological medicine [Psychol Med] 2007 Aug; Vol. 37 (8), pp. 1193-202. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Mar 22. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Background: Longitudinal, genetically informed, prospective data collected on a large population of male twins (n=1037) were used to examine developmental differences in the etiology of antisocial behavior.<br />Method: Analyses were carried out on both mother- and child-reported symptoms of conduct disorder (CD) in 10- to 17-year-old twins from the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development (VTSABD) and self-reported antisocial behavior by the twins as young adults from the Young Adult Follow-Up (YAFU) study.<br />Results: The following trends were identified: (1) a single genetic factor influencing antisocial behavior beginning at age 10 through young adulthood ('life-course persistent'); (2) a shared-environmental effect beginning in adolescence ('adolescent-onset'); (3) a transient genetic effect at puberty; and (4) a genetic influence specific to adult antisocial behavior.<br />Conclusions: Overall, these etiological findings are consistent with predictions from Moffitt's developmental theory of antisocial behavior. The genetic effect at puberty at ages 12-15 is also consistent with a genetically mediated influence on the timing of puberty affecting the expression of genetic differences in antisocial outcomes.
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- Adolescent
Adult
Antisocial Personality Disorder psychology
Child
Conduct Disorder psychology
Diseases in Twins psychology
Female
Gene Expression physiology
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Personality Assessment
Phenotype
Prospective Studies
Puberty
Social Environment
Twins, Dizygotic genetics
Twins, Dizygotic psychology
Twins, Monozygotic genetics
Twins, Monozygotic psychology
Virginia
Antisocial Personality Disorder genetics
Conduct Disorder genetics
Diseases in Twins genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0033-2917
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychological medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17376258
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291707000293