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Martel, Michelle M.; Nikolas, Molly; Jernigan, Katherine; Friderici, Karen; Nigg, Joel T. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
Personality traits may be viable candidates for mediators of the relationship between genetic risk and ADHD. Participants were 578 children (331 boys; 320 children with ADHD) between the ages of six and 18. Parents and teachers completed a comprehensive, multi-stage diagnostic procedure to assess ADHD and comorbid disorders. Mother completed the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Personality Traits, Genetics, At Risk Persons
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Rutter, Michael – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2005
The concept and measurement of psychopathy in young people is discussed with respect to five key issues: (1) the respective merits of self-reports and ratings by others; (2) whether callous/unemotional (CU) features may be more appropriately tapped by physiological measures; (3) the possible utility of genetic studies; (4) the distinctiveness of…
Descriptors: Risk, Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Psychopathology