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Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffAlthough the precise cause of antisocial personality disorder isn't known, researchers have identified certain factors that seem to increase the risk of developing or triggering antisocial personality disorder, including:
- Being diagnosed with childhood conduct disorder
- A family history of antisocial personality disorder or other personality disorders or mental illness
- Being subjected to verbal, physical or sexual abuse during childhood
- Having an unstable or chaotic family life during childhood
- Loss of parents through death or divorce during childhood
Antisocial personality disorder is relatively uncommon. It affects about 3 to 5 percent of men and 1 percent of women.
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