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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Child Dev. 2011 May 11;82(4):1267–1281. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01598.x

Table 2.

Phenotypic and Twin Correlations Between the Two Child Psychopathy Scale Factors and Reactive and Proactive Aggression (Caregiver Reports)

Phenotypic correlations

Callous & disinhibited Manipulative & deceitful
Reactive aggression .51* .50*
Proactive aggression .43* .47*

Intraclass and cross-twin cross-trait correlations
Callous & disinhibited Manipulative & deceitful Reactive aggression Proactive aggression

MZ male
   Callous & disinhibited .63* .24* .20* .22*
   Manipulative & deceitful .50* .31* .24*
   Reactive aggression .48* .33*
   Proactive aggression .61*
DZ male
   Callous & disinhibited .11 −.07 .13 .10
   Manipulative & deceitful .02 .07 .08
   Reactive aggression .35* .17*
   Proactive aggression .34*
MZ female
   Callous & disinhibited .53* .23* .24* .20*
   Manipulative & deceitful .58* .35* .30*
   Reactive aggression .60* .41*
   Proactive aggression .57*
DZ female
   Callous & disinhibited .30* .21* .26* .18*
   Manipulative & deceitful .35* .37* .32*
   Reactive aggression .46* .38*
   Proactive aggression .48*
DZ OS
   Callous & disinhibited .26* .18* .26* .25*
   Manipulative & deceitful .27* .23* .24*
   Reactive aggression .50* .35*
   Proactive aggression .55*

Note. Intraclass correlations (presented with an underline) for parent reports of psychopathic personality traits and aggression have previously been reported on these data, please see text. DZ = dizygotic; MZ = monozygotic; OS = DZ opposite sex.

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p < .05.