Psychopathic personality traits in 5 year old twins: the importance of genetic and shared environmental influences

C Tuvblad, KA Fanti, H Andershed, OF Colins… - European child & …, 2017 - Springer
There is limited research on the genetic and environmental bases of psychopathic
personality traits in children. In this study, psychopathic personality traits were assessed in a …

The heritability of psychopathic personality in 14-to 15-year-old twins: a multirater, multimeasure approach.

C Tuvblad, S Bezdjian, A Raine… - Psychological …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Until now, no study has examined the genetic and environmental influences on
psychopathic personality across different raters and method of assessment. Participants …

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 …

A longitudinal twin study of the direction of effects between psychopathic personality and antisocial behaviour

M Forsman, P Lichtenstein… - Journal of child …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Antisocial behaviour may partly develop as a consequence of psychopathic
personality. However, neither the direction of effects nor the aetiology of the association has …

The genetic and environmental covariation among psychopathic personality traits, and reactive and proactive aggression in childhood

S Bezdjian, C Tuvblad, A Raine, LA Baker - Child development, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The present study investigated the genetic and environmental covariance between
psychopathic personality traits with reactive and proactive aggression in 9‐to 10‐year‐old …

A common genetic factor explains the association between psychopathic personality and antisocial behavior

H Larsson, C Tuvblad, FV Rijsdijk… - Psychological …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Background. Both psychopathic personality traits and antisocial behavior are influenced by
genetic as well as environmental factors. However, little is known about how genetic and …

Psychopathic personality traits in middle-aged male twins: a behavior genetic investigation

M Brook, MS Panizzon, DS Kosson… - Journal of personality …, 2010 - Guilford Press
Psychopathic personality is characterized by interpersonal dominance, impulsivity,
sensation seeking, poor planning, and aggressiveness. Studies have shown that the …

The roles of maternal psychopathic traits, maternal antisocial personality traits, and parenting in the development of child psychopathic traits

BA Robinson, N Azores-Gococo, PA Brennan… - Parenting, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. The development of psychopathic traits in children has been largely understudied
compared with the etiology of these traits in adults; therefore, this study aims to elucidate …

Psychopathic traits in early childhood: Further validation of the Child Problematic Traits Inventory

OF Colins, K Fanti, H Larsson, H Andershed - Assessment, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim was to further test the reliability and validity of a newly developed instrument
designed to assess psychopathic personality traits in children, the Child Problematic Traits …

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 …