Increased height and bulk in antisocial personality disorder and its subtypes

Research suggests that those with antisocial tendencies are larger than controls, but studies have not assessed this association in antisocial personality disorder (APD) or its hypothesized sub-types (i.e. adolescence-limited, late-onset). Height, weight, body mass index, bulk, and psychosocial adve...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2001-12, Vol.105 (3), p.211-219
Main Authors: Ishikawa, Sharon S, Raine, Adrian, Lencz, Todd, Bihrle, Susan, LaCasse, Lori
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anthropometry
Antisocial Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Antisocial Personality Disorder - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Body Height
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Conduct disorder
Conduct Disorder - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Late-onset antisocial personality disorder (APD)
Male
Medical sciences
Personality disorders
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychosocial adversity
Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency
Weight
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Summary:Research suggests that those with antisocial tendencies are larger than controls, but studies have not assessed this association in antisocial personality disorder (APD) or its hypothesized sub-types (i.e. adolescence-limited, late-onset). Height, weight, body mass index, bulk, and psychosocial adversity were assessed in 44 controls, nine adolescent-limited antisocials, 21 APDs, and 13 late-onset antisocials from the community. Adult antisocial individuals, regardless of age of onset, were significantly taller and had greater body bulk than controls. Although groups tended to differ on weight, they did not differ on body mass index. In addition, APDs and adolescent-limited individuals reported greater psychosocial adversity than the other groups. Adversity did not account for height or bulk differences. Results suggest prior findings on height and bulk may apply to APD and support differentiating adolescent-limited and life-course persistent subgroups.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/S0165-1781(01)00344-4