Disentanglement of the interactive nature of biological and environmental risk factors for antisocial behavior

• In Event: Biosocial Explanations of Antisocial Behaviors

Abstract

An emerging body of literature explores the interactive effects of biological markers with exposure to environmental stressors. Despite the prevalence of this approach, the salience with which these interactions replicate has been critiqued. Although it is possible that this failure to replicate may be due to sample characteristics, these inconsistencies may be due to fluctuation in the measurement of environment. Specifically, alteration in developmental processes due to exposure to risk environments at a young age may differ from the effects of exposure to the same risk in adulthood. Further, stark contrasts in the literature are found in how “risk environment” is defined. The current study serves as a first step in disentangling how environmental measures interact with biological markers in the explanation of antisocial behavior.

Authors

• Jessica Wells, Sam Houston State University

• Todd Armstrong, University of Nebraska at Omaha

• Danielle Boisvert, Sam Houston State University

• Richard Lewis, Sam Houston State University

• Matthias Woeckener, Sam Houston State University

• Eric Cooke, Sam Houston State University