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The best current research shows that children of parents with antisocial personality disorder who were adopted into other families
 
  a. did not develop antisocial personality disorder.
  b. developed antisocial personality disorder at higher rates regardless of the quality of their adoptive family.
  c. developed antisocial personality disorder at higher rates only if their adoptive family had problems, such as marital conflict.
  d. developed antisocial personality disorder at a later age than if they had been raised by their biological parents.

Question 2

Which of the following is most likely to attempt, but not complete, suicide?
 
  a. 14-year-old Joan who has been depressed since her parent's divorce
  b. Charlie, a 16-year-old with a history of petty crimes
  c. 12-year-old Paul who receives constant rejection from the girls at school and has an overprotective mother
  d. Crystal, a 14-year-old substance abusing teen who has been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder


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Answer to Question 1

b. developed antisocial personality disorder at higher rates regardless of the quality of their adoptive family.

Answer to Question 2

a. 14-year-old Joan who has been depressed since her parent's divorce



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