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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Men who exhibit antisocial behaviors reproduce more successfully </span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Men who exhibit antisocial behaviors reproduce more successfully </span>=== | ||
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A study conducted in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Society for Research in Child Development by Jaffee ''et al.'' (2003) using 'data from an epidemiological sample of 1,116 5-year-old twin pairs and their parents', remarked the following: " | A study conducted in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Society for Research in Child Development by Jaffee ''et al.'' (2003) using 'data from an epidemiological sample of 1,116 5-year-old twin pairs and their parents', remarked the following: "Despite the fact that fathers who engage in high levels of antisocial behavior make up a small proportion of fathers overall, they are responsible for a disproportionate number of births. For example, Moffitt and colleagues (2002) found that '''although men who engaged in high levels of antisocial behavior constituted only 10% of a birth cohort, they accounted for 27% of the babies fathered by the time the men were age 26'''". | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> |