Terrie E. Moffitt

Avshalom Caspi

Jay Belsky

Richie Poulton

Does temperament in childhood shape adult personality? Four psychologists followed thousands of people as they grew up, observing how genes, parenting, and other aspects of young people's experience influence development. This holistic approach offers unprecedented insight into what makes us the adults we become.

How Childhood Shapes Later Life

The Origins of You

Michael Rutter

Phil A. Silva

A fresh approach to sex differences in the causes, course and consequences of antisocial behaviour.

Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study

Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour

Benjamin B. Lahey

A great deal has been learned about serious child and adolescent conduct problems, but their causes are still not well understood. This book brings together an international group of leading authorities to advance specific, testable hypotheses about the causes of conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency. Four general causal models are delineated: the social learning model, the developmental pathways model, an integrative antisocial propensity model, and an integrative ecological/developmental model. Also provided are models focusing on specific aspects of the origins of conduct problems, including contextual, psychological, and biological influences. The authors present significant, original theoretical work and map out the kinds of further studies needed to confirm or disconfirm their new or revised hypotheses.

Causes of Conduct Disorder and Juvenile Delinquency

Terrie E. Moffitt

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