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Genetic and environmental architecture on human aggression.
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A meta-analysis was performed on data from 24 genetically informative studies by using various personality measures of aggression. There was a strong overall genetic effect that may account for up to 50 % of the variance in aggression. This effect was not attributed to methodological inadequacies in the twin or adoption designs. Age differences were important. Self-report and parental ratings showed genes and the family environment to be important in youth; the influence of genes increased but that of family environment decreased at later ages, Observational ratings of laboratory behavior found no evidence for heritability and a very strong family environment effect. Given that almost all substantive conclusions about the genetics of personality have been drawn from self or parental reports, this last rinding has obvious and important implications for both aggression research in particular and personality research. It has been fairly well established that aggression and antiso-cial behavior run in families. Researchers have either seen them as delinquency (Rowe, Rodgers, & Meseck-Bushey, 1992), criminality (Mednick, Moffit, Gabrielli, & Hutchings, 1986), conduct disorder (Jary & Stewart, 1985), or antisocial personal-
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“These studies together show that about half (50%) of the variance in aggressive behavior is explained by genetic influences in both males and females, with the remaining 50% of the variance being explained by environmental factors not shared by family members.”
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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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“Previous research has demonstrated that for different phenotypes a pattern of decrease in shared environment and a concomitant increase in heritability and non-shared environmental effects during development, particularly for personality traits and cognitive abilities (Scarr & McCartney, 1983; Loehlin, 1992; Miles and Carey, 1997).”
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- Authors
- Miles, D. R., & Carey, G.
- ORCID
- Miles, Donna R.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 207-217
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W4252015478
- Cited by
- 414
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- aggression, heritability, family environment, genetic architecture, environmental architecture, personality, twin and adoption studies, age differences, antisocial behavior, conduct disorder
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