TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensation seeking and impulsive traits as personality endophenotypes for antisocial behavior
T2 - Evidence from two independent samples
AU - Mann, Frank D.
AU - Engelhardt, Laura
AU - Briley, Daniel A.
AU - Grotzinger, Andrew D.
AU - Patterson, Megan W.
AU - Tackett, Jennifer L.
AU - Strathan, Dixie B.
AU - Heath, Andrew
AU - Lynskey, Michael
AU - Slutske, Wendy
AU - Martin, Nicholas G.
AU - Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.
AU - Harden, K. Paige
N1 - Funding Information:
Special thanks to Marie Carlson, Amanda Cheung, Angel Trevino, and Samantha Fries for their assistance with participant recruitment and data collection. The Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, which is supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) center grant R24-HD042849, provided a seed grant for the establishment of the Texas Twin Project. Ongoing work on the Texas Twin Project is supported by NIH grant R21-AA020588.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/1/15
Y1 - 2017/1/15
N2 - Sensation seeking and impulsivity are personality traits that are correlated with risk for antisocial behavior (ASB). This paper uses two independent samples of twins to (a) test the extent to which sensation seeking and impulsivity statistically mediate genetic influence on ASB, and (b) compare this to genetic influences accounted for by other personality traits. In Sample 1, delinquent behavior, as well as impulsivity, sensation seeking and Big Five personality traits, were measured in adolescent twins from the Texas Twin Project. In Sample 2, adult twins from the Australian Twin Registry responded to questionnaires that assessed individual differences in Eysenck's and Cloninger's personality dimensions, and a structured telephone interview that asked participants to retrospectively report DSM-defined symptoms of conduct disorder. Bivariate quantitative genetic models were used to identify genetic overlap between personality traits and ASB. Across both samples, novelty/sensation seeking and impulsive traits accounted for larger portions of genetic variance in ASB than other personality traits. We discuss whether sensation seeking and impulsive personality are causal endophenotypes for ASB, or merely index genetic liability for ASB.
AB - Sensation seeking and impulsivity are personality traits that are correlated with risk for antisocial behavior (ASB). This paper uses two independent samples of twins to (a) test the extent to which sensation seeking and impulsivity statistically mediate genetic influence on ASB, and (b) compare this to genetic influences accounted for by other personality traits. In Sample 1, delinquent behavior, as well as impulsivity, sensation seeking and Big Five personality traits, were measured in adolescent twins from the Texas Twin Project. In Sample 2, adult twins from the Australian Twin Registry responded to questionnaires that assessed individual differences in Eysenck's and Cloninger's personality dimensions, and a structured telephone interview that asked participants to retrospectively report DSM-defined symptoms of conduct disorder. Bivariate quantitative genetic models were used to identify genetic overlap between personality traits and ASB. Across both samples, novelty/sensation seeking and impulsive traits accounted for larger portions of genetic variance in ASB than other personality traits. We discuss whether sensation seeking and impulsive personality are causal endophenotypes for ASB, or merely index genetic liability for ASB.
KW - Antisocial behavior
KW - Endophenotype
KW - Impulsivity
KW - Novelty seeking
KW - Sensation seeking
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.018
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 28824215
AN - SCOPUS:84988458384
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 105
SP - 30
EP - 39
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -