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A Behavioral Genetic Analysis of the Relationship Between the Socialization Scale and Self‐Reported Delinquency
Author(s) -
Taylor Jeanette,
McGue Matt,
Iacono William G.,
Lykken David T.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2000.t01-1-.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , psychology , bivariate analysis , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , socialization , varimax rotation , behavioural genetics , univariate , scale (ratio) , dizygotic twin , monozygotic twin , twin study , clinical psychology , psychometrics , multivariate statistics , heritability , genetics , statistics , cronbach's alpha , quantum mechanics , biology , physics , mathematics
This investigation examined the genetic (A), and shared (C) and nonshared (E) environmental variance contributions to the relationship of self‐reported delinquency (as measured by the “Delinquent Behavior Inventory” [DBI; Gibson, 1967]) to the Socialization (So) scale of the California Psychological Inventory using univariate and bivariate structural equation models. The scales were administered to 222 male (145 monozygotic; 77 dizygotic) and 159 female (107 monozygotic; 52 dizygotic) 16‐ to 18‐year‐old same‐sex twin pairs. Principal components analysis with varimax rotation revealed three interpretable So factors representing family/home environment, self‐concept, and behavioral control. Univariate modeling suggested sex differences in etiological influences associated with individual differences in most scales. The bivariate ACE model fit the data, suggesting that the covariance between the So scale and self‐reported delinquency owes in part to shared etiological factors.