Evaluate the relative contributions of nature and nurture to antisocial personality disorder.
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Answer by Give 'Em Hell, Kid
it can be genetic or at random as far as birth
it primarily occurs in young girls
a major trigger is tragic young childhood experiences
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The cause of antisocial personality disorder, or ASP, is unknown. Like many mental health issues, evidence points to inherited traits. But dysfunctional family life also increases the likelihood of ASP. So although ASP may have a hereditary basis, environmental factors contribute to its development.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, they are very challenging people.
I believe a family member I have has APD. As well as my ex husband.
ReplyDeleteMy ex husband is more severe. He is a drug addict, liar, manipulator, thief, and holds everyone else to blame for his sufferings. He is a classic case of APD.
He was raised very poorly. His mother almost killed him when he was 2, she beat him very severely...
His father took over and his mother never wanted him again.
His father had to put him in a foster home for a while but took him back around age 5 or 6.
He suffered as a child, his father beat him, he was sent to different hospitals, youth correctional facilities, was always told he was bad and would never make anything of himself.
BUT
Deep down, inside, I feel he would have been a great man. He has signs of being caring, loving, and extremely intelligent. Those things I saw were why I married him.
To say it is in his NATURE, could mean that his parents had the same affliction and carried it to him.
But
The NURTURE school of thinking can be used as a testament to his background and how he grew up.
Either way, he is still highly affected.
His disorder caused him to leave a great family life, for a life on the streets. He is currently serving time for burglary. He has an incredible drug habit.
I'd personally assume upbringing and childhood memories. The antisocial side would probably come from the insecurity and instability of your self esteem. Alot of people assume antisocial people are rather dumb and slow with nothing nice to say but from experience both personal and from others around me its more so a factor of an advanced form of shyness. Lack of self esteem can cause people to seem antisocial. When anti-social really is just someone who does things unacceptable in other eyes,does this really matter?
ReplyDeleteThe exact cause of APD is not known, but biological or genetic factors may play a role.
ReplyDeleteIf a family member has had the disorder (especially the parents)it increases the chance of the disorder. A number of environmental factors in the childhood home, school, and community may also contribute to the disorder.
Robins (1966) found an increased incidence of sociopathic characteristics and alcoholism in the fathers of individuals with antisocial personality disorder. He found that, within such a family, males had an increased incidence of APD, whereas females tended to show an increased incidence of somatization disorder instead.[12]
Bowlby (1944) saw a connection between antisocial personality disorder and maternal deprivation in the first five years of life. Glueck and Glueck (1968) saw reasons to believe that the mothers of children who developed this personality disorder usually did not discipline their children and showed little affection towards them. They would also usually be alchoholics, and be very impulsive and/or violent. These factors all could lead to an unstable home.
Adoption studies show that both genetic and environmental can contribute to the development of the disorder. These studies have also have shown that genetic factors are more important for adults with the disorder, while environmental factors are more important in antisocial children. (Lyons et al., 1995)[12]