Criminal behaviour and violence are increasingly viewed as worldwide public health
problems. A growing body of knowledge shows that criminal behaviour has a …

Adolescence is characterized by increased risk-taking, novelty-seeking, and locomotor
activity, all of which suggest a heightened appetitive drive. The neurotransmitter dopamine is …

Research on child and adolescent mental health problems has burgeoned since the
inaugural issue of Development and Psychopathology was published in 1989. In the quarter …

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) address three types of aggression: frustrative non‐
reward, defensive aggression and offensive/proactive aggression. This review sought to …

Objective Although attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly heritable,
genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have not yet identified any common genetic …

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cross-gender behavior during
childhood, to estimate the influence of genotype and environment on variation in cross …

Aggressive behavior has both genetic and environmental components. Many association
studies have been performed to identify genetic factors underlying aggressive behaviors in …

Behavioral geneticists are increasingly using the tools of molecular genetics to extend upon
discoveries from twin, family, and adoption studies concerning the heritability of antisocial …

Dopamine hypotheses of several psychiatric disorders are based upon the clinical benefits
of drugs affecting dopamine transporter or receptors, and have prompted intensive …

OBJECTIVE: To test the association between the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT)
Val158Met polymorphism and both aggressive behavior and attention problems in youth …