Categorical and Continuous Models of Liability to Externalizing Disorders
Author(s) -
Kristian E. Markon,
Robert F. Krueger
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.62.12.1352
Subject(s) - psychology , categorical variable , antisocial personality disorder , liability , latent class model , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , statistics , medical emergency , mathematics , finance , economics
Patterns of genetic, environmental, and phenotypic relationships among antisocial behavior and substance use disorders indicate the presence of a common externalizing liability. However, whether this liability is relatively continuous and graded, or categorical and class-like, has not been well established.
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