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Developmental Psychopathology of Antisocial Behavior: Inserting Genes Into its Ontogenesis and Epigenesis

Irving I. Gottesman

University of Virginia

H. Hill Goldsmith

University of Wisconsin-Madison

When the issues of risk for problem behaviors arise, it seems reasonable to turn to genetics to aid in the search for important risk factors. In both the popular and scientific lexicon, genes are implicated in the language we use to discuss the origins of behavioral disorders. We speak of the genesis of problems; we believe that diatheses interact with stressors and view genetic factors as key elements of the diatheses; we speak of genetic liability predisposing some individuals to develop a disorder. We prefer the term ontogenesis to imply ...

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