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Are there meaningful etiological differences within antisocial behavior? Results of a meta-analysis
Abstract
There is mounting evidence of etiologically driven distinctions between aggressive (AGG) and non-aggressive rule-breaking (RB) forms of antisocial behavior. To date, however, these differences remain somewhat speculative. The current meta-analysis of twin and adoption studies sought to clarify these distinctions by comparing meta-analytic estimates of genetic, shared environmental, and non-shared environmental influences across AGG and RB to more clearly ascertain whether they evidence differential patterns of genetic and environmental influence. A comprehensive literature search resulted in the collection of 103 twin and adoption studies, of which 15 RB samples and 19 AGG samples were ultimately included in the analyses. Results reveal clear evidence of etiological distinctions between AGG and RB. Namely, AGG appears to be a highly heritable condition (genetic factors account for 65% of the variance), with little role for the shared or common environment, particularly after childhood. By contrast, while genetic influences also contribute to RB (48% of the variance), there is an important role for shared environmental effects as well (18% of the variance). Such findings are indicative of meaningful etiologic distinctions between aggressive and rule-breaking forms of antisocial behavior, and underscore the advantage of differentiating between these behavioral subtypes when studying the causal processes that underlie antisocial behavior.
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“Twin studies indicate that half of the variation in this trait is genetic.”
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“A more recent review focused on 19 twin and adoption studies using child and adolescent samples; studies including adult subjects were excluded. Heritability was found to explain 65%, shared environment explained 5%, and the nonshared environment explained the remaining 30% of the variance in aggressive behavior (Burt, 2009).”
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“The lack of quantitative sex differences is also well in line with what was reported in a recent meta-analysis summarizing 19 twin and family/adoption studies, whereby genetic influences were found to explain 54% of the variance in aggressive behavior in boys and 57% of the variance in girls (Burt, 2009).”
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“Both Burt (2009) and Rhee and Waldman (2002) examined nonadditive genetic effects, but only Rhee and Waldman (2002) found significant nonadditive genetic effects for antisocial behavior.”
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“Yet, there is also plenty of evidence, based on a variety of definitions of aggressive behavior from children to adults, for genetic propensity toward aggression (see reviews by Burt, 2009; Miles and Carey, 1997; Rhee and Waldman, 2002).”
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“Increasing evidence suggests the importance of heritable factors in the development of aggressive behavior (Burt, 2009; Miles and Carey, 1997; Rhee and Waldman, 2002).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burt, S. A.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Burt, S. Alexandra
- ORCID
- Burt, S. Alexandra
- Venue
- Clinical Psychology Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-03
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 163-178
- ISSN
- 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2139818575
- Semantic Scholar
- a77e8ee283562ca4b1b880ab60fb2777038ad052
- Cited by
- 305
- References
- 91
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Keywords
- antisocial behavior, aggression, rule violations, etiology, heritability, genetic factors, shared environment, nonshared environment, twin studies, adoption studies
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Aggression, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Humans
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