Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000) has been used as a framework for investigating the psychological mechanisms underlying athletes' prosocial and
antisocial behavior (Hodge & Lonsdale, 2011).
Neighborhood risk and development of
antisocial behavior.
High quality coach-athlete connections may protect against
antisocial behavior and support prosocial behavior (coaches who maintain good links with their athletes diminish
antisocial behavior).
There may be other factors that lead to both increased TV watching during childhood and adolescence and
antisocial behaviors.
The importance of studying goals as they relate to
antisocial behavior has been highlighted in the work of certain authors (Carroll et al.
Explaining the Co-occurrence of
Antisocial Behavior and Depression
There are few well-designed international comparisons of student
antisocial behavior; some show similarities in rates of
antisocial behavior and others show differences, particularly in relation to substance use.
Although early puberty did not affect either a preference for mornings or evenings or the cortisol ratio, it was related to more
antisocial behavior in boys and relational aggression in girls.
This paper summarizes the heritability of each of these aspects or correlates of
antisocial behavior and discusses research attempting to unpack the genetic and environmental "black boxes" involved in
antisocial behavior, including studies investigating the influence of both biological and social risk factors and how they might be mediated by genetic and environmental factors.
Despite introducing several control variables into their model, these authors found that the use of corporal punishment predicted an increase in later
antisocial behavior among children.
One unique environmental common factor affected primarily the risk for adult
antisocial behavior and conduct disorder.
Moreover, 85 percent of severely maltreated boys with the low-activity MAOA gene developed
antisocial behavior by young adulthood.
