The heritability of negative life events was entirely accounted for in our Cholesky decomposition and genetic correlations in the correlated factors solution were significant for oppositionality, delinquency, physical aggression and depression. This would indicate that genetic factors involved in each of these behavioural phenotypes are also involved in the experience of negative life events. It is noteworthy also that genetic factors involved in the experience of negative life events were almost perfectly correlated with those involved in oppositionality and delinquency.
