Personality trait differences in boys and girls with clinical or sub-clinical diagnoses of conduct disorder versus antisocial personality disorder.

Full Abstract

This study tested differences in personality traits measured by the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) in a community sample of adolescents with definite or probable conduct disorder (CD) diagnoses that did not progress to a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) by early adulthood (n=43), those with definite or probable ASPD that persisted into early adulthood (n=68), or controls with neither a CD nor an ASPD diagnosis (n=716) to examine whether antisocial behaviour disorders that differed in course were associated with differences in personality traits. As expected, boys and girls with ASPD were significantly different from controls on constraint, and those with ASPD were significantly lower on constraint than those with only CD. The results suggest that individual differences in certain personality traits may contribute to differences in the type of antisocial behaviour disorder that emerges and thereby to the course of antisocial behaviour.

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Author information

Author/s: Taylor, Jeanette (J); Iacono, William G (WG);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA. taylor(-atsign-)psy.fsu.edu

Grants: AA 09367 (Agency:NIAAA NIH HHS) ; DA 05147 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS) ; DA 13240 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS) ; R01 AA009367-15 (Agency:NIAAA NIH HHS) ; R01 DA005147-20 (Agency:NIDA NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: Journal of adolescence (J Adolesc), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Aug; vol 30 (issue 4) : pp 537-47

Dates: Created 2007/07/10; Completed 2007/10/03; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 17067666, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Antisocial Personality Disorder - psychology
Conduct Disorder - psychology
Female
Humans

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