A Half-Sibling Study of Aggressive Conduct Disorder
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Neuropsychobiology
- Vol. 8 (3) , 144-150
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000117890
Abstract
The authors determined the frequencies of aggressive conduct disorder in full and half siblings of 151 boys with the disorder. Twice as many full brothers as half brothers were affected, a finding consistent with genetic determinants, and perhaps with environmental ones.Keywords
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