Intergenerational transmission of personality disorder: general or disorder-specific?
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Authors
Auty, KM
Farrington, DP
Coid, JW
Publication Date
2022Journal Title
Psychology, Crime and Law
ISSN
1068-316X
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Pages
1-23
Type
Article
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Auty, K., Farrington, D., & Coid, J. (2022). Intergenerational transmission of personality disorder: general or disorder-specific?. Psychology, Crime and Law, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2021.1941014
Abstract
This study investigates intergenerational relationships between the father’s personality disorder (PD) traits and the PD traits of his male and female offspring. We examine whether the intergenerational transmission of PD is due to the father transmitting a general vulnerability to all PDs, or whether the transmission is more specific to particular PDs. Structural Equation Modelling techniques are used to investigate a hypothesised model, based on Livesley’s [(2007). A framework for integrating dimensional and categorical classifications of personality disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 21(2), 199–224. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2007.21.2.199] conceptualisation, which reorganises the DSM PD traits into four dimensions: Emotional Dysregulation, Dissocial Behaviour, Inhibitedness, and Compulsivity. General and specific transmission effects are examined for each model. The data comes from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, a large-scale prospective longitudinal survey of 411 males and their biological offspring. Findings revealed that the intergenerational transmission of PD traits from fathers to female offspring appeared to be both general and disorder-specific. Firm conclusions could not be drawn about the intergenerational transmission of PD traits from fathers to male offspring, as the data did not fit the hypothesised model.
Keywords
Intergenerational transmission, Personality disorders, Longitudinal studies, DSM, structural equation modeling
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2021.1941014
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335638
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