Following the analysis directed at clarifying the etiologic structure of the CD criteria, we sought to validate the configuration of common etiological factors emerging from this analysis. These analyses focused on 3 domains of validating variables: personality, psychopathology, and demographics. For personality, we examined neuroticism, extraversion,19 and novelty seeking.20 For psychopathology, we examined adult antisocial personality disorder symptoms, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and cocaine and alcohol dependence diagnosed according to DSM-III-R17 or DSM-IV1 criteria using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R interview protocols.21 The 2 demographic variables examined were years of education and age at interview. All validating variables were derived from the main interview except for adult antisocial personality symptoms, which were assessed via the SRQ.
