Biology, violence, and antisocial personality.

Borderline and antisocial personality scores as mediators between attachment and intimate partner violence.

Court-mandated male batterers (n = 192) attending an intervention program completed measures examining adult attachment orientations (anxious and avoidant), personality disorders (borderline and antisocial), type of violence (psychological and physical), and social desirability. Structural equation modeling was used to determine whether there were significant relationships between anxious attac...

The Endocannabinoid System, Aggression, and the Violence of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use, Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Other Psychiatric Disorders

Citation: Kolla NJ and Mishra A (2018) The Endocannabinoid System, Aggression, and the Violence of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use, Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Other Psychiatric Disorders. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 12:41. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00041 The Endocannabinoid System, Aggression, and the Violence of Synthetic Cannabinoid Use, Borderline Personality D...

Effects of the MAOA gene and levels of exposure to violence on antisocial outcomes.

BACKGROUND The monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene has been shown to moderate the impact of maltreatment on antisocial behaviour. Replication efforts have, however, yielded inconsistent results. AIMS To investigate whether the interaction between the MAOA gene and violence is present across the full distribution of violence or emerges at higher levels of exposure. METHOD Participants were 327 m...

Psychopathy, Addictions, Interpersonal Violence and Antisocial Behavior, a mixed relationship Psicopatía, adicciones, violencia interpersonal y conducta antisocial, una relación mixta

A multivariate analysis of youth violence and aggression: the influence of family, peers, depression, and media violence.

OBJECTIVE To examine the multivariate nature of risk factors for youth violence including delinquent peer associations, exposure to domestic violence in the home, family conflict, neighborhood stress, antisocial personality traits, depression level, and exposure to television and video game violence. STUDY DESIGN A population of 603 predominantly Hispanic children (ages 10-14 years) and their...