Genetic and environmental influences on antisocial behavior.
Genetic and environmental influences on antisocial behavior.
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遗传和环境对反社会行为的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.07.007
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Beaver,KevinM
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作者:
Tuvblad,Catherine;Beaver,KevinM
Antisocial behavior is a broad term that encompasses many facets of destructive behavior, most of which bring harm to another person or involve the violation of the rights of others. Violence and aggression bring physical and/or psychological harm to a person, while property destruction and theft show disregard and possible damage to another person. Antisocial behavior often involves breaking the law, although other forms of rule violations (eg, disruptive behavior, manipulation, lying, deception) are also considered to be antisocial in the broadest definition. Further, antisocial behavior tends to co-occur with a range of other behavior problems, including substance abuse and dependence (Miles, Van den Bree, & Pickens, 2002; White et al., 2001), psychiatric illnesses (eg, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, anxiety) and pathological gambling (Kim-Cohen et al., 2003; Tuvblad et al., 2009). Antisocial behavior is also associated with various types of psychosocial problems, including unstable relationships, unreliable parenting and underachievement in education and at work (Moffitt, Caspi, & Harrington, 2002; Rutter, Kim-Cohen, & Maughan, 2006). Moreover, this type of behavior is prevalent; self-reports have shown that between 50–80% of all youth participate in some form of antisocial behavior during their development (Rutter, Giller, & Hagell, 1998). The prevalence of conduct disorder is 1.8–16%(Loeber et al., 2000). The prevalence of antisocial personality disorder is 1–3% in community settings and up to 30% in forensic settings (American Psychiatric Association, 2004). Antisocial behavior not only imposes high social burden to society, but also economic burden, including costs of the criminal justice system and compensations for victims and their families (McCollister, French, & Fang, 2010).The focus of this special issue is three-fold: 1) to examine the genetic and environmental influences on antisocial behavior; 2) to examine some of the biological and individual-level risk factors associated with antisocial behavior; and 3) to examine the relationship between candidate genes for antisocial behavior and their risk factors. We briefly summarize the papers included in this special issue here, starting with the papers examining the genetic and environmental influences on antisocial behavior, next we summarize the papers on biological and individual level risk factors associated with antisocial behavior, and lastly we summarize the papers on candidate genes and antisocial behavior.