AO3 Family Dysfunction

• Weakness: Gender bias

  • leads to blame put on the mother
  • socially sensitive
  • could cause more prejudice and discrimination
• Weakness: Inaccurate recollection of information

  • evidence comes from patients
  • retrospective memory
  • may not be accurate
  • memory decay
• Strength: Evidence for dysfunctional thought processing

  • Stirling et al. Stroop task in people with and without SZ
  • As predicted by the central control theory, people with SZ took over twice as long on average to name the font-colours
  • Supports the view that the cognitive processes of people with SZ are impaired
• Strength: Evidence linking FD to SZ

  • Read et al. reported adults with SZ are disproportionally likely to have insecure attachment
  • 69% of women and 59% of men with SZ have a history of physical and/or sexual abuse
  • This strongly suggests that family dysfunction does make people more vulnerable to SZ