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• Double bind theory

  The idea that 'members of the families of schizophrenics communicate in a destructive ambiguous manner'
• Children who grow up encountering double bind statements regularly

  Will often grow up dysregulated
• Schizophrenics reported a higher recall of double bind statements by their mothers

  Than non-schizophrenics
• Unclear communication between family members

  Can lead to distorted perceptions and means of communication
• Schizophrenics may have inaccurate memory recall due to their disordered cognition and processing
• Mothers talking to their schizophrenic daughters

  Were rather aloof and unresponsive
• Families of schizophrenics have inadequate interpersonal relationships
• Double bind theory

  Contributes towards the onset of schizophrenia with the mixed messages being conveyed consistently throughout childhood
• Double bind theory

  Is an environmental trigger for schizophrenia
• No explanation should ignore the interactions between nature and nurture
• Diathesis-stress model

  Considers the genetic influences (diathesis) and the impact high-stress levels have on individuals (stress)
• Genes predispose people to schizophrenia

  But there has to be an environmental factor to trigger this
• Double bind theory

  Can be reductionist as it only considers the nurture element of formed experiences and doesn't account for biological predisposition rates of schizophrenia
• Urbanicity

  The sociocultural factor that suggests there is a higher rate of schizophrenia in urban areas in comparison to rural areas
• There is a greater incidence of schizophrenia in the densely populated inner city areas of Chicago compared with the less populated outskirts of the city
• The risk of schizophrenia significantly increased from people living in rural areas at the lowest risk to people living in capitals at the highest risk
• The theory of urbanicity suggests a social causation hypothesis - that living in a city causes schizophrenia
• The social drift hypothesis suggests that people who develop schizophrenia are more likely to end up living in poorer areas of cities
• Social psychological explanations do not consider the biological element to the onset of schizophrenia
• The diathesis-stress model uses both genetics and stress to explain the onset of schizophrenia