12. The Interactionist Approach To Schizophrenia AO3

Question 1

Name a strength of the interactionist approach

Answer 1

Dual role of vulnerability and stress - Tienari et al

Question 2

What did Tienari et al do

Answer 2

Study children adopted away from schizophrenic mothers - adoptive parents parenting style was assessed and compared with a control group of adoptees with no genetic risk

Question 3

What did Tienari et al find

Answer 3

A child rearing style with high levels of criticism and conflict and low levels of empathy was implicated in the development of schizophrenia but only in children with a genetic risk - shows genetic vulnerability

Question 4

Name a weakness of the interactionist approach

Answer 4

Diathesis stress-model is too simplistic - multiple genes increase vulnerability - not one singly schizogene - stress comes in many forms including dysfunctional parenting

Question 5

What can be concluded about the diathesis-stress model

Answer 5

Evidence shows the old idea of diathesis as biological and stress is too simple