double bind theory A01

Question 1

what are the two family variables associated with schizophrenia?

Answer 1

double bind theory and expressed emotion

Question 2

who developed the double bind theory?

Answer 2

Bateson

Question 3

what did Bateson suggest?

Answer 3

he suggested that children are more likely to develop schizophrenia if they frequently receive contradictory messages from their parents.

Question 4

give an example of the double bind theory at play

Answer 4

for example, if a mother tells her son that she loves him yet at the same time turns her head away in disgust the child receives two conflicting messages which in the long run can manifest itself into schizophrenic symptoms