“…First, our findings are compatible with observations from cross‐sectional studies using alternative AST measures, which find females have lower levels of ASTs than males in child samples (Constantino & Todd, ), but that this gender difference is attenuated, or nonexistent in adult samples (e.g. Kanne, Christ, & Reiersen, ; Takei et al., ). Second, the SCDC is a well‐validated measure that continues to show high heritability in adolescence, as would be expected of a true measure of ASTs (St Pourcain et al., ).…”