Continuity and Change in the Genetic and Environmental Etiology of Youth Antisocial Behavior.

ABSTRACT: Trajectories of youth antisocial behavior (ASB) are characterized by both continuity and change. Twin studies have further indicated that genetic factors underlie continuity, while environmental exposures unique to each child in a given family underlie change. However, most behavioral genetic studies have examined continuity and change during relatively brief windows of development (e.g., during childhood but not into adolescence). It is unclear whether these findings would persist when ASB trajectories are examined across multiple stages of early development (i.e., from early childhood into emerging adulthood). Our study sought to fill this gap by examining participants assessed up to five times between the ages of 3 and 22 years using an accelerated longitudinal design in the Michigan St

SUBMITTER: Carroll SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8597321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature