Assortative mating for antisocial behavior: Developmental and methodological implications
Assortative mating for antisocial behavior: Developmental and methodological implications
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1021419013124
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发表时间：
1998-05-01
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2.6
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Silva, PA
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作者：
Krueger, RF;Moffitt, TE;Silva, PA
人们的择偶交配是否会导致反社会行为？如果是这样，对反社会行为的发展和持续存在有何影响？我们以新西兰但尼丁的 360 对夫妇为样本，调查了选型交配中的反社会行为及其相关性。我们发现，自我报告的反社会行为本身以及夫妻成员与反社会同伴交往的倾向的自我报告存在大量选型交配（平均 0.54）。对反社会行为（例如，被当局抓获或失去家人的尊重）受到社会制裁的可能性的看法显示，选型交配程度适中（平均为 0.32）。然而，与反社会行为相关的人格特征的选型交配较低（平均 0.15）。这些发现表明，虽然许多个体差异变量（例如人格特质）的选型交配较低，但实际反社会行为的选型交配却很大。我们的结论是，未来对反社会行为的家庭研究应该努力测量和理解选型交配的影响。此外，我们概述了反社会行为发展的可测试行为遗传模型，其中促进或阻止反社会行为的基因和环境集中在家庭内（由于选型交配），从而产生了广泛不同的个人发展轨迹，但在家庭内却相似。
Do people mate assortatively for antisocial behavior? If so, what are the implications for the development and persistence of antisocial behavior? We investigated assortative mating for antisocial behavior and its correlates in a sample of 360 couples from Dunedin, New Zealand. We found substantial assortative mating for self-reports of antisocial behavior per se and for self-reports of couple members' tendencies to associate with antisocial peers (0.54 on average). Perceptions about the likelihood of social sanctions for antisocial behavior (e.g., being caught by the authorities or losing the respect of one's family) showed moderate assortative mating (0.32 on average). However, assortative mating for personality traits related to antisocial behavior was low (0.15 on average). These findings suggest that, whereas assortative mating for many individual-difference variables (such as personality traits) is low, assortative mating for actual antisocial behaviors is substantial. We conclude that future family studies of antisocial behavior should endeavor to measure and understand the influence of assortative mating. In addition, we outline a testable behavior-genetic model for the development of antisocial behavior, in which genes and environments promoting or discouraging antisocial behavior become concentrated within families (due to assortative mating), giving rise to widely varying individual developmental trajectories that are, nevertheless, similar within families.