College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 W. Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1122, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2012 Apr;43(2):293-305. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0263-0.
A great deal of research has examined the etiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and ADHD symptomatologies. Genetic factors are consistently shown to explain a significant proportion of variance in measures of ADHD. The current study adds to this body of research by examining whether genetic liabilities for criminality and alcoholism have effects on the development of ADHD symptomatologies. Analyses based on a sample of adoptees drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) revealed that ADHD symptomatologies were elevated among adoptees who had biological mothers and fathers who had been arrested or who were alcoholics. These results suggest that part of the covariation between ADHD and antisocial behaviors may be the result of genetic factors that have general effects across a range of maladaptive outcomes.
大量研究已经探讨了注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）和 ADHD 症状的病因。遗传因素一直被证明可以解释 ADHD 测量中很大一部分差异。本研究通过检查犯罪和酗酒的遗传倾向是否对 ADHD 症状的发展有影响，为这一研究领域做出了贡献。基于从全国青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health）中抽取的领养者样本进行的分析表明，那些亲生父母有被捕或酗酒史的领养者的 ADHD 症状更为明显。这些结果表明，ADHD 与反社会行为之间的部分共变可能是遗传因素的结果，这些遗传因素对一系列适应不良的结果具有普遍影响。
