Evidence for substantial genetic risk for psychopathy in 7‐year‐olds

E Viding, RJR Blair, TE Moffitt… - Journal of Child …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Individuals with early warning signs of life‐long psychopathy, callous‐
unemotional traits (CU) and high levels of antisocial behaviour (AB) can be identified in …

In search of genes associated with risk for psychopathic tendencies in children: a two‐stage genome‐wide association study of pooled DNA

E Viding, KB Hanscombe, CJC Curtis… - Journal of child …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Quantitative genetic data from our group indicates that antisocial behaviour
(AB) is strongly heritable when coupled with psychopathic, callous‐unemotional (CU) …

Strong genetic effects on cross‐situational antisocial behaviour among 5‐year‐old children according to mothers, teachers, examiner‐observers, and twins' self …

L Arseneault, TE Moffitt, A Caspi… - Journal of Child …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Early childhood antisocial behaviour is a strong prognostic indicator for poor
adult mental health. Thus, information about its etiology is needed. Genetic etiology is …

Psychopathic personality in children: genetic and environmental contributions

S Bezdjian, A Raine, LA Baker, DR Lynam - Psychological medicine, 2011 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe current study investigates whether the underlying factor structure of
psychopathic personality traits found in adults is similar to that in children and what the …

Early life predictors of callous‐unemotional and psychopathic traits

AL Glenn - Infant mental health journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Psychopathy is a disorder that occurs primarily in males. Offenders with psychopathic traits
are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in society, particularly violent crime …

Childhood trauma and children's emerging psychotic symptoms: a genetically sensitive longitudinal cohort study

L Arseneault, M Cannon, HL Fisher… - American journal of …, 2011 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Using longitudinal and prospective measures of trauma during childhood, the
authors assessed the risk of developing psychotic symptoms associated with maltreatment …

Genetic and environmental influences on psychopathy trait dimensions in a community sample of male twins

J Taylor, BR Loney, L Bobadilla, WG Iacono… - Journal of abnormal …, 2003 - Springer
Psychopathy appears to be comprised of two broad dimensions: impulsivity/antisocial
behavior and interpersonal detachment/callousness. This study examined the extent to …

[PDF][PDF] Callous-unemotional traits

E Viding, ER Kimonis - Handbook of psychopathy, 2018 - files.osf.io
distinct subgroup of children with antisocial behavior, focusing in particular on genetic risk
studies and neurocognitive and experimental work. Despite exciting advances yielded by …

Adolescent conduct disorder and interpersonal callousness as predictors of psychopathy in young adults

JD Burke, R Loeber, BB Lahey - Journal of Clinical Child and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Unfortunately, very little research has examined the link between antisocial personality traits
in childhood and adult psychopathy. This study used data from a clinic-referred sample of …

Annotation: Understanding the development of psychopathy

E Viding - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Psychopaths are not only antisocial, but also have a callous and unemotional
personality profile. This article selectively reviews evidence that psychopathic personality …