ao3 evaluation Of The Psychological Explanation Of Schizophrenia

Question 1

limitation of family dysfunction

Answer 1

not all children in dysfunctional families develop schizophrenia, so it cannot be the sole cause and may be other explanations suggesting that a family dysfunction can be a risk factor instead, diathesis stress model or interactionist approach should be used

Question 2

Limitation of family dysfunction two

Answer 2

it’s not the family that causes schizophrenia but having a schizophrenic in the family that causes it, schizophrenic family member causes high expressed emotion, so they become hostile and over involved which leads to relapse

Question 3

Strength for family dysfunction

Answer 3

research support, found 69% of women with schizophrenia had a history of sexual/physical or both abuse, so there is support from this however this is retrospective and self report evidence so it uses subjective data in an objective way which can be criticised