Psychological Factors: Family Disfunction

Question 1

possible idea for the cause of schizophrenia?

Answer 1

dysfunctional families

Question 2

what’s the family dysfunction theory?

Answer 2

people who grow up in dysfunctional families are more likely to develop the condition

Question 3

whats a ‘schizophrenogenic’ mother?

Answer 3

a cold and distant mother who could create conflict and cause schizophrenia

Question 4

what did Bateson (1956) create?

Answer 4

double bind theory

Question 5

who created double bind theory?

Answer 5

Bateson (1956)

Question 6

what does double bind theory suggest?

Answer 6

suggests that faulty communication in families could lead to contradictory messages for children and cause schizophrenia

Question 7

what do expressed emotion environments contain?

Answer 7

they contain high levels of hostility and criticism towards the person with schizophrenia

Question 8

in dysfunctional families, what is there a high correlate in?

Answer 8

relapse

Question 9

evidence for

Answer 9

Lidz et al (1958)

Question 10

what did Lidz et al (1958) do?

Answer 10

investigated families

Question 11

what did lidz et al (1958) propose?

Answer 11

proposed that dysfunctions such as emotionally distant parents and unequal marriages could have a large impact on children and cause schizophrenia

Question 12

evidence against

Answer 12

the theory ignores biological evidence for schizophrenia and puts the blame on the parents and families

Question 13

a problem with familie studies

Answer 13

the families are only looked at after someone is diagnosed with the condition