The genetic relationship between social cognition and conduct problems

Scourfield, Jane, Martin, Neilson, Eley, Thalia C. and McGuffin, Peter 2004. The genetic relationship between social cognition and conduct problems. Behavior Genetics 34 (4) , pp. 377-383. 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000023643.49413.df

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Studies of children and adolescents with conduct problems suggest both genetic and environmental influences on population variance. Any genetic influence is likely to be complex and to act via mediating attributes of personality or cognitive style. One potential mediating attribute is social cognitive ability, as conduct problems have been shown to be associated with deficient social cognitive skills. The current investigation has examined the correlation between conduct problems and social cognition and has investigated the genetic and environmental influences on these measures and their covariation using a twin design. A population-based sample of twins aged 5–17 was used to examine the genetic relationship between conduct problems and social cognition using parent-report questionnaires. Conduct problems and social cognition were found to be highly correlated and to share common genetic influences that accounted for about half the covariation in scores. Each phenotype was subject to its own environmental influences that were not shared.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
ISSN:	0001-8244
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2016 23:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/83551

Citation Data

Cited 20 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item