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by rafaelero 798 days ago
See for example the classic association between childhood maltreatment and future antisocial behavior [1]. As intuitive as it may seem that a child that is maltreated may develop negative externalizing behavior because of that, it looks like the true route of transmission is genetics, not environmental.

[1] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medici...