Thought Disorder and Family Relations of Schizophrenics

Interaction of genetic risk and adoptive parent communication deviance: longitudinal prediction of adoptee psychiatric disorders

“…The findings of this study are consistent with an epigenetic view of development (Singer & Wynne, 1965;Gottesman, 1991). From this developmental perspective, the individual's biological capacities are shaped and modified at each developmental phase by interchange with the environment.…”

Communication Deviances: A Comparison Between Parents of Learning‐Disabled and Normally Achieving Students

“…The premise of this study, that a child's problems with language processing and usage may be related to parental CD, is closely related to a similar premise in the studies of parental CD and schizophrenia in the child. The findings of this study are in line with the research on parental communication deviance done with schizophrenics (3, 13, 23, 29, 37, 38, 43, 46, 47). These studies consistently found that a high frequency of parental CD was significantly associated with the diagnosis of schizophrenia in the offspring.…”

Family dynamics in psychotic and severe psychosomatic disorders: A comparison.

“…Clinical observations of these families show that their members tend to disqualify each other's messages, imperceptibly shift their frames of reference, and do not share a joint focus of attention. This agrees with the well-known studies of Wynne and Singer (7,15). They found in schizo-present families much more communication deviance than in other types of families.…”