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Title: Sex Differences in the Causes of Self-Reported Adolescent Delinquency
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Van Hulle, Carol A. Rodgers, Joseph Lee D'Onofrio, Brian M. Waldman, Irwin D. Lahey, Benjamin B. |
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Sex Differences in the Causes of Self-Reported Adolescent Delinquency Journal of Abnormal Psychology 116, 2 (May 2007): 236-248. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021843X07627588 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Gender Differences; Genetics; Siblings Sex differences in the causes of self-reported adolescent delinquency were examined in full and half siblings born to a nationally representative sample of women in the United States. Qualitative sex differences in the genes that influence delinquency were not detected. Similarly, the proportions of variance in both aggressive and nonaggressive delinquency attributable to genetic and environmental influences did not differ significantly between girls and boys. Nonetheless, total variance in delinquency was greater among boys, and a scalar sex-differences model suggested that genetic and environmental influences on delinquency have less effect on population variation in delinquency among girls. Similarly, a test of the polygenic multiple threshold model suggested that girls require greater causal liability for the expression of delinquency than boys. |
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Van Hulle, Carol A., Joseph Lee Rodgers, Brian M. D'Onofrio, Irwin D. Waldman and Benjamin B. Lahey. "Sex Differences in the Causes of Self-Reported Adolescent Delinquency." Journal of Abnormal Psychology 116, 2 (May 2007): 236-248.
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