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2c - Questioning Current Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics

from Part I - Etiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2020

By
Kerry L. Jang  and
Fiona Choi
Edited by
Carl W. Lejuez  and
Kim L. Gratz
Carl W. Lejuez
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Kim L. Gratz
Affiliation:
University of Toledo, Ohio
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Summary

Genetic influences on personality disorder have typically been understood as a risk factor that is activated when exposed to a specific environmental influence. Given the failure to find specific genes associated with the development of personality disorder despite the high heritability of its measures the authors suggest an alternative hypothesis: the biological basis of personality as reflected in the genes is not a liability but instead a protective factor against the vagaries of the environment.

Keywords

personalitypersonality disordernull hypothesisgenetic liabilityprotective factors
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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders , pp. 48 - 49
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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