Article
Behavioral disinhibition: liability for externalizing spectrum disorders and its genetic and environmental relation to response inhibition across adolescence.
Journal of abnormal psychology - 1 Feb 2009
Young Susan E, Friedman Naomi P, Miyake Akira, Willcutt Erik G, Corley Robin P, Haberstick Brett C, Hewitt John K
Abstract excerpt
Behavioral disinhibition has been characterized as a generalized vulnerability to externalizing disorders. Despite increasing evidence for its validity and heritability, the structural stability of behavioral disinhibition across adolescence and the strength and etiology of its relation to executive functions have not been studied. In this multivariate twin study, the authors assessed behavioral disinhibition...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
- Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Cognition Disorders
- Comorbidity
- Conduct Disorder
- Female
- Humans
- Inhibition, Psychological
- Male
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Phenotype