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Marginal Deviations, Aggregate Effects, Disruption of Continuity, and Deviation Amplifying Mechanisms

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Children at risk show a profile of traits and response dispositions that deviate from the norm (of other children) in only marginal ways. While there may be no difference at all on some dimensions, on others the differences are slight, may not even be statistically significant, but are reliably present Nevertheless, this composite profile does predict subsequent anti-social outcomes for children who are so defined.

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  1. Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Degli Apuli 8, 00185, Roma, Italia

    Gian Vittorio Caprara

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    Joop Hettema

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Caprara, G.V. (1993). Marginal Deviations, Aggregate Effects, Disruption of Continuity, and Deviation Amplifying Mechanisms. In: Hettema, J., Deary, I.J. (eds) Foundations of Personality. NATO ASI Series, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1660-2_18

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