Evidence for substantial genetic risk for psychopathy in 7-year-olds.

By Terrie E. Moffitt, Robert Plomin. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Moral Judgment (2010, background): “Psychopathy, in contrast, is a more specific, somewhat heritable (Blonigen et al., 2005; Viding et al., 2005) disorder whereby individuals exhibit a pathological degree of callousness, lack of empathy or emotional depth, and lack of genuine remorse for their anti-social actions (Hare, 1991).”
Research review: the importance of callous-unemotional traits for developmental models of aggressive and antisocial behavior. (2008, background): “…has great potential for explaining the causes of the most severe and aggressive patterns of antisocial behavior displayed by youth and that use of these traits to subtype antisocial youth could help to integrate many of the past attempts for defining distinct groups of antisocial youth.”
The importance of callous-unemotional traits for developmental models of aggressive and antisocial behavior (2008, background): “Viding, Blair, Moffitt, and Plomin (2005) addressed this question directly in a sample of 3,687 twin pairs who were 7 years old.”
EXAMINING THE GENETIC UNDERPINNINGS TO MOFFITT'S DEVELOPMENTAL TAXONOMY: A BEHAVIORAL GENETIC ANALYSIS* (2011, background): “For example, Viding et al. (2005) examined childhood misconduct in 7-year-olds and reported heritability estimates that ranged from .30 to .81 (see also Arseneault et al., 2003; van Beijsterveldt et al., 2003; Van Hulle et al., 2009).”
“Ain't Misbehavin”: Towards a Developmentally-Specified Nosology for Preschool Disruptive Behavior (2009, neutral): “…heterotypic continuity in the face of variation in form and presentation of symptoms at different life stages is an important task in testing the validity of a developmentally conceived understanding of disruptive behavior or any disorder (see also Viding et al., 2005, 2008; Weems & Stickle, 2005).”
Psychopathy as a clinical and empirical construct. (2008, background): “For instance, investigators have reported bivariate analyses that suggest that there are genetic influences on the covariance of psychopathy scales reflecting emotional detachment and antisocial tendencies (Taylor et al. 2003, Viding et al. 2005).”