berger (1965) - support for family dysfunction explanation

Question 1

when and what did berger conduct and what was he interested in?

Answer 1

in 1965, berger conducted interviews with patients with schizophrenia and with patients in the hospital who didn’t have schizophrenia, asking both groups of patients about their relationships with their families. he was particularly interested in whether they could recall any times when their parents had given them contradictory messages

Question 2

what did berger investigate?

Answer 2

burger was investigating whether the patients experienced double binds.

Question 3

what did burger find?

Answer 3

burger found that schizophrenic patients could recall significantly more experiences of double binds than non-schizophrenic patients. this supports the idea that double binds cause schizophrenia.