Etiology of pervasive versus situational antisocial behaviors: a multi-informant longitudinal cohort study

Jasmin Wertz; Helena Zavos; Timothy  Matthews; Rebecca Gray; Janis Best-Lane; Carmine Maria Pariante; Terrie Edith Moffitt; Louise Arseneault

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Etiology of pervasive versus situational antisocial behaviors: a multi-informant longitudinal cohort study

Jasmin Wertz, Helena Zavos, Timothy Matthews, Rebecca Gray, Janis Best-Lane, Carmine Maria Pariante, Terrie Edith Moffitt, Louise Arseneault

King's College London

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The aim of this study was to disentangle pervasive from situational antisocial behaviors using multiple informants, and to investigate their genetic and environmental etiologies in preadolescence and across time. Antisocial behaviors were assessed in 2,232 twins from the Environmental-Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study at ages 5 and 12. Pervasive antisocial behaviors were defined as behaviors that mothers, teachers, interviewers, and twins themselves agreed on. Results from a psychometric model indicated that variation in children’s pervasive antisocial behaviors was mostly accounted for by familial influences that originated in childhood whereas situational behaviors were explained by newly emerging non-shared environmental and genetic influences. This study shows that children’s pervasive and situational antisocial behaviors have distinct etiologies which could guide research and treatment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	312–325
Journal	Child Development
Volume	87
Issue number	1
Early online date	12 Nov 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12456
Publication status	Published - Jan 2016

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