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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2011 May;120(2):377–388. doi: 10.1037/a0022303

Table 2.

Twin Pearson Correlations for Log-Transformed Conduct Disorder and Adult Antisocial Behavior Symptom Counts

Twin Correlations Statistical Tests

Trait
MZ
DZ
Male Female Male Female Opposite-Sex MZ > DZ? M < > F? SSDZ > OSDZ?
Univariate Associations
Conduct Disorder .44 [.36, .51] .37 [.31, .43] .33 [.24, .42] .28 [.20, .36] .15 [.07, .22] Yes yes yes
Adult Antisocial Behavior .34 [.25, .43] .30 [.23, .38] .25 [.13, .37] .12 [.02, .22] .08 [.00, .17] Yes yes no

Bivariate Associations
Cross Trait Within Twin .40 [.34, .46] .36 [.30, .41] .41 [.34, .48] .32 [.25, .38] .32 [.26, .37] No yes no
Cross Trait Cross Twin .33 [.26, .39] .25 [.19, .31] .21 [.13, .29] .10 [.03, .18] .06 [.00, .13] Yes yes yes

Note. MZ = monozygotic. DZ = dizygotic. 95% confidence intervals are in brackets. Cross Trait Within Twin = The correlation between childhood conduct disorder and adult antisocial behavior for an individual (the stability of antisocial behavior across childhood and adulthood). Cross Trait Cross Twin = The correlation between one twin’s childhood conduct disorder and their co-twin’s adult antisocial behavior. MZ > DZ = are the MZ twin correlations significantly larger than the DZ twin correlations? M< > F = are the correlations for male-male twin pairs significantly different than the correlations for female-female twin pairs? SSDZ > OSDZ = are the correlations for same-sex dizygotic twin pairs significantly larger than the correlations for opposite-sex dizygotic twin pairs?