Published in Behavior Genetics
Studies often report beneficial effects of physical exercise on depression symptomatology, both in clinical and community samples. In clinical samples, effects are observed using physical exercise as primary treatment and supplement to antidepressant medications and/or psychotherapies. Magnitudes vary with sample characteristics, exercise measure, ...
Published in Behavior Genetics
Behavior genetic findings figure in debates ranging from urgent public policy matters to perennial questions about the nature of human agency. Despite a common set of methodological tools, behavior genetic studies approach scientific questions with potentially divergent goals. Some studies may be interested in identifying a complete model of how in...
Published in Behavior Genetics
Understanding the factors that contribute to behavioral traits is a complex task, and partitioning variance into latent genetic and environmental components is a useful beginning, but it should not also be the end. Many constructs are influenced by their contextual milieu, and accounting for background effects (such as gene–environment correlation)...
Published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology
ObjectivesTo better explain the near-universal association between peer and self-reported delinquency, three frameworks have been offered and have received varying degrees of support: (1) socialization or the social transmission of norms, attitudes, and behaviors among group members; (2) selection or the congregation of youth with similar traits an...
Published in Encyclopedia of Human Behavior
This article outlines the historical foundations of gene theory as it relates to behavioral genetics and provides an overview of developmental behavioral genetics and developmental psychobiology, as these fields relate to contemporary molecular behavioral genetics. These latter theoretical approaches stand in stark contrast to traditional quantitat...
Published in Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, Three-Volume Set
This article provides a description of a number of topics related to genetics and psychology in order to facilitate a greater understanding of the nature vs. nurture debate. The article describes the types of psychological traits and behaviors that are studied by the field of behavior genetics, includes a brief review of human genetics, and provide...
