Department of Criminal Justice, Criminology, & Forensics, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA.
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2024 Jul-Sep;22(3):14747049241267950. doi: 10.1177/14747049241267950.
Until relatively recently, the study of victimization has been largely outside the purview of behavioral geneticists and evolutionary psychologists. Recent victimology research, however, has shown that genetic and evolutionary forces are connected to the risk of victimization. The current study expands on these findings by examining whether genetic influences differentially explain victimization in males and females. To do so, we use a sample of sibling pairs drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; = 4,244). The analyses revealed no significant quantitative sex differences in the etiology of adult victimization. However, the results of this study do highlight the importance of accounting for genetic factors when studying the etiology of specific types of adult victimization. We conclude by discussing the implications of the current study for future research.
直到最近，受害研究在很大程度上还不属于行为遗传学家和进化心理学家的研究范畴。然而，最近的犯罪学研究表明，遗传和进化因素与受害风险有关。本研究通过考察遗传因素是否会对男性和女性的受害情况产生不同的解释，进一步扩展了这些发现。为此，我们使用了来自全国青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health；= 4244）的兄弟姐妹样本。分析结果显示，成人受害的病因学在性别上没有显著的定量差异。然而，这项研究的结果确实强调了在研究特定类型的成人受害病因学时，考虑遗传因素的重要性。最后，我们讨论了本研究对未来研究的意义。
