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Childhood Antisocial Behavior: A Neurodevelopmental Problem

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van Goozen, Stephanie H.M., Langley, Kate, Hobson, Christopher W.·2022·Annual Review of Psychology
DOI 10.1146/annurev-psych-052621-045243
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Early-onset disruptive, aggressive, and antisocial behavior is persistent, can become increasingly serious as children grow older, and is difficult to change. In 2007, our group proposed a theoretical model highlighting the interplay between neurobiological deficits and cognitive and emotional functioning as mediators of the link between genetic influences and early social adversity, on the one hand, and antisocial behavioral problems in childhood, on the other. In this article, we review the post-2007 evidence relevant to this model. We discuss research on genetics/epigenetics, stress/arousal regulation, and emotion and executive functioning in support of the argument that antisocial children, especially those who persist in engaging in antisocial behavior as they grow older, have a range of neuropsychological characteristics that are important in explaining individual differences in the severity and persistence of antisocial behavior. Current clinical practice tends not to acknowledge these individual neuropsychological risk factors or to target them for intervention. We argue that aggressive and disruptive behavior in childhood should be regarded as a neurodevelopmental problem and that intervening at the level of mediating neuropsychological processes represents a promising way forward in tackling these serious behavioral problems.

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  • The negative effect of smoking promoting the development of ASB later in life was only evident for individuals with predisposing genetic patterns.

    “Moreover, the negative effect of smoking promoting the development of ASB later in life was only evident for individuals with predisposing genetic patterns.”

    From Using polygenic scores to assess liability to antisocial behavior (2025) · cites this paper as van Goozen et al., 2022

    The Implications for intervention section identifies prenatal exposure to maternal smoking as a risk factor for children’s neural development. The Familial influences section discusses genetic contributions and gene–environment interactions in antisocial behavior, but its examples concern maltreatment and family conditions; it does not say that smoking promotes later ASB only in genetically predisposed individuals. No page numbers were available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Individuals subjected to prenatal smoking exposure demonstrated an enhanced risk of ASB only if they were genetically related to their mothers.

    “Namely, individuals who were subjected to prenatal smoking exposure (their mothers smoked during pregnancy) demonstrated an enhanced risk of ASB only if they were genetically related to their mothers.”

    From Using polygenic scores to assess liability to antisocial behavior (2025) · cites this paper as van Goozen et al., 2022

    The Implications for intervention section identifies prenatal exposure to maternal smoking as a risk factor, and Prevention and early intervention reports reduced juvenile delinquency after a program that targeted smoking alongside other prenatal factors. Neither passage says that smoking exposure increased ASB risk only in children genetically related to their mothers; the genetic-relatedness comparison is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • No link between maternal smoking and offspring ASB was observed if children were developed from a donated egg.

    “At the same time, no link between maternal smoking and offspring’ ASB was observed if children were developed from a donated egg (van Goozen et al., 2022).”

    From Using polygenic scores to assess liability to antisocial behavior (2025) · cites this paper as van Goozen et al., 2022

    The Implications for intervention section mentions maternal smoking in utero as a prenatal risk factor, but does not report an association between smoking and antisocial behavior among children conceived with donated eggs. Searches for donated eggs and genetically unrelated offspring found no passage addressing that comparison; the smoking passage does not settle whether a link was observed in that group. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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van Goozen, S. H. M., Langley, K., & Hobson, C. W.
Affiliations
  • School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom;
  • Cardiff University (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2022-01-04
Volume
73
Issue
1
Pages
353-377
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
DOI
10.1146/annurev-psych-052621-045243
OpenAlex
W3170996819
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43
References
31
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2026: 7 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7
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0.80
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Keywords
childhood antisocial behavior, brain development, aggression, disruptive behavior, genetic factors, epigenetics, social adversity, emotion regulation, executive function, individual differences
MeSH terms
Aggression, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Child, Emotions, Humans, Executive Function

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