title: Etiology of Pervasive Versus Situational Antisocial Behaviors: A Multi-Informant Longitudinal Cohort Study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to disentangle pervasive from situational antisocial behaviors using multiple informants, and to investigate their genetic and environmental etiologies in preadolescence and across time. Antisocial behaviors were assessed in 2,232 twins from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study at ages 5 and 12. Pervasive antisocial behaviors were defined as behaviors that mothers, teachers, interviewers, and twins themselves agreed on. Results from a psychometric model indicated that the variation in children's pervasive antisocial behaviors was mostly accounted for by familial influences that originated in childhood, whereas situational behaviors were explained by newly emerging nonshared environmental and genetic influences. This study shows that children's pervasive and situational antisocial behaviors have distinct etiologies that could guide research and treatment.
authors.affiliation: King's College London.
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wertz
authors.affiliation: King's College London.
authors.forename: Helena M S
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zavos
authors.affiliation: King's College London.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.affiliation: King's College London.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: King's College London.
authors.forename: Janis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Best-Lane
authors.affiliation: King's College London.
authors.forename: Carmine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pariante
authors.affiliation: King's College London.|Duke University.
authors.forename: Terrie E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Moffitt
authors.affiliation: King's College London.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arseneault
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D000066553:Problem Behavior; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics*