Deciphering the mediating role of childhood maltreatment in the association between genetic risk and developmental trajectories of school-age reactive and proactive aggression
Children with higher genetic propensities for aggression were more likely to experience maltreatment, which partly explained the association between PGS<sub>AGG</sub> and a Childhood-Limited trajectory of reactive aggression during elementary school. This finding reinforces the possibility of confounding influences between genetic liability for aggression and maltreatment experiences.
Authors
- Frank Vitaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3897-2916)
- Charles‐Édouard Giguère (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-6412)
- Delphine Collin‐Vézina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6290-6746)
- Mara Brendgen
- Isabelle Ouellet‐Morin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4591-3199)
- Michel Boivin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-9844)
- Amélie Petitclerc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1475-3113)
- Rachel Langevin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7671-745X)
- Marie‐Claude Geoffroy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8587-8378)
- Richard E. Tremblay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6621-8696)
- Iván Voronin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9863-177X)
- Geneviève Morneau‐Vaillancourt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5322-6252)
- Mélanie Bouliane
- Pascal Louis
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- International Centre for Comparative Criminology (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Development and Psychopathology
- Published
- 2025-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579425100801
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00