During adolescence, many teens begin to experiment with substances and engage in delinquent behavior. The current study seeks to examine whether and to what extent genetic and environmental factors contribute to the association between substance use (i.e., marijuana and alcohol) and different forms of delinquent offending (i.e., violent and nonviolent) across males and females. Analyses were based on same-sex twins (N = 1,072) from the sibling subsample of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). The results revealed moderate to large genetic overlap between substance use and delinquent behavior for males. Much of the covariation between alcohol use and offending behavior for females was attributable to common environmental factors, while common genetic factors explained a large portion of the overlap between marijuana use and offending in males and females. The implications of these findings for sex differences in prevention and intervention efforts are discussed from a biosocial perspective.

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物质使用与青少年犯罪之间的遗传和环境重叠

在青春期期间，许多青少年开始尝试药物并从事不良行为。当前的研究试图检验遗传因素和环境因素是否以及在何种程度上促进了男性和女性的物质使用（即大麻和酒精）与不同形式的违法犯罪（即暴力和非暴力）之间的关联。分析是基于同龄双胞胎（N = 1,072），该同胞来自《青少年国家成人健康纵向研究（增加健康）》的同胞子样本。结果表明，男性吸毒与犯罪行为之间存在中等到较大的遗传重叠。女性饮酒与犯罪行为之间的大部分协方差可归因于常见的环境因素，虽然常见的遗传因素解释了大麻使用与男性和女性犯罪之间的大部分重叠。从生物社会的角度讨论了这些发现对预防和干预工作中性别差异的影响。