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Parental Communication Deviance and Affective Style: Predictors of Subsequent Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders in Vulnerable Adolescents

Parental Communication Deviance and Affective Style: Predictors of Subsequent Schizophrenia... Abstract • In an attempt to assess the contributory role of family factors to the development of schizophrenia-like disorders, measures of parental communication deviance and affective styles of communication were obtained for a sample of families of disturbed but nonpsychotic adolescents. Outcome was assessed five years later. Absence of a pathologic affective style was associated with a benign outcome, but neither parental variable alone allowed precise identification of the schizophrenia-spectrum cases. However, an index using a combination of both variables was statistically predictive of subsequent psychiatric status at follow-up. Thus, adolescents whose parents had both a pathologic affective style of communication and a high level of communication deviance had schizophrenia-like disorders develop in young adulthood. Adolescents of parents who had both lower levels of communication deviance and a benign affective style had offspring with healthier outcomes. References 1. Doane JA: Family interaction and communication deviance in disturbed and normal families: A review of research . Fam Process 1978;17:357-376.Crossref 2. Goldstein MJ, Rodnick EH: The family's contribution to the etiology of schizophrenia: Current status . Schizophr Bull 1975;1:48-63.Crossref 3. Jacob T: Family interaction in disturbed and normal families: A methodological and substantive review . Psychol Bull 1975;82:33-65.Crossref 4. Singer M: Family transactions and schizophrenia: I. Recent research findings, in Romano J (ed): The Origins of Schizophrenia: Proceedings of the First Rochester International Conference of Schizophrenia. Amsterdam, Excerpta Medica, 1967, pp 147-164. 5. Jones JE: Patterns of transactional style deviance in the TATs of parents of schizophrenics . Fam Process 1977;16:327-337.Crossref 6. Wild C, Singer M, Rosman B, et al: Measuring disordered styles of thinking: Using the Objective Scoring Test on parents of schizophrenic patients . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1965;13:471-476.Crossref 7. Morris G, Wynne L: Schizophrenic offspring and parental styles of communication . Psychiatry 1965;28:19-44. 8. Wynne L, Singer M, Bartko J, et al: Schizophrenics and their families: Recent research on parental communication , in Tanner JM (ed): Psychiatric Research: The Widening Perspective . New York, International Universities Press Inc, 1976, pp 254-286. 9. Wynne L, Singer M, Toohey M: Communication of the adoptive parents of schizophrenics , in Jorstad J, Ugelstad E (ed): Schizophrenia 75: Psychotherapy, Family Studies, Research . Oslo, Universitetsforlaget, 1976, pp 413-452. 10. Wild C, Shapiro L, Goldenberg L: Transactional communication disturbances in families of male schizophrenics . Fam Process 1975;14:131-160.Crossref 11. Hirsch SR, Leff JP: Abnormalities in Parents of Schizophrenics , monograph 22, Maudsley Monograph Series. New York, Oxford University Press Inc, 1975. 12. Vaughn CE, Leff JP: The influence of family and social factors on the course of psychiatric illness . Br J Psychiatry 1976;129:125-137.Crossref 13. Brown GW, Birley JLT, Wing JF: Influence of family life on the course of schizophrenic disorders: A replication . Br J Psychiatry 1972; 121:241-258.Crossref 14. Goldstein MJ, Judd LL, Rodnick EH, et al: A method for studying social influence and coping patterns within familes of disturbed adolescents . J Nerv Ment Dis 1968;147:233-251.Crossref 15. Edwards AM: A Socioeconomic Grouping of the Gainful Workers of the United States. US Government Printing Office, 1938. 16. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , ed 2. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1968. 17. Strodbeck FL: The family as a three-person group . Am Sociol Rev 1954;19:23-29.Crossref 18. Spitzer RL, Endicott J, Robins E: Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) for a Selected Group of Functional Disorders , ed 2. New York, Biometrics Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1975. 19. Gunderson JG: Characteristics of borderlines , in Hartocollis P (ed): Borderline Personality Disorders: The Concepts, the Syndrome, the Patient . New York, International Universities Press Inc, 1977, pp 173-192. 20. Wender PH, Rosenthal D, Kety SS: A psychiatric assessment of the adoptive parents of schizophrenics , in Rosenthal D, Kety SS (eds): The Transmission of Schizophrenia . New York, Pergamon Press, 1968, pp 235-250. 21. Liebowitz MR: Is borderline a distinct entity? Schizophr Bull 1979;1:23-38.Crossref 22. Jones FH: A four-year follow-up of vulnerable adolescents . J Nerv Ment Dis 1974;159:20-39.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

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0003-990X
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10.1001/archpsyc.1981.01780310079008
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Abstract • In an attempt to assess the contributory role of family factors to the development of schizophrenia-like disorders, measures of parental communication deviance and affective styles of communication were obtained for a sample of families of disturbed but nonpsychotic adolescents. Outcome was assessed five years later. Absence of a pathologic affective style was associated with a benign outcome, but neither parental variable alone allowed precise identification of the schizophrenia-spectrum cases. However, an index using a combination of both variables was statistically predictive of subsequent psychiatric status at follow-up. Thus, adolescents whose parents had both a pathologic affective style of communication and a high level of communication deviance had schizophrenia-like disorders develop in young adulthood. Adolescents of parents who had both lower levels of communication deviance and a benign affective style had offspring with healthier outcomes. References 1. Doane JA: Family interaction and communication deviance in disturbed and normal families: A review of research . Fam Process 1978;17:357-376.Crossref 2. Goldstein MJ, Rodnick EH: The family's contribution to the etiology of schizophrenia: Current status . Schizophr Bull 1975;1:48-63.Crossref 3. Jacob T: Family interaction in disturbed and normal families: A methodological and substantive review . Psychol Bull 1975;82:33-65.Crossref 4. Singer M: Family transactions and schizophrenia: I. Recent research findings, in Romano J (ed): The Origins of Schizophrenia: Proceedings of the First Rochester International Conference of Schizophrenia. Amsterdam, Excerpta Medica, 1967, pp 147-164. 5. Jones JE: Patterns of transactional style deviance in the TATs of parents of schizophrenics . Fam Process 1977;16:327-337.Crossref 6. Wild C, Singer M, Rosman B, et al: Measuring disordered styles of thinking: Using the Objective Scoring Test on parents of schizophrenic patients . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1965;13:471-476.Crossref 7. Morris G, Wynne L: Schizophrenic offspring and parental styles of communication . Psychiatry 1965;28:19-44. 8. Wynne L, Singer M, Bartko J, et al: Schizophrenics and their families: Recent research on parental communication , in Tanner JM (ed): Psychiatric Research: The Widening Perspective . New York, International Universities Press Inc, 1976, pp 254-286. 9. Wynne L, Singer M, Toohey M: Communication of the adoptive parents of schizophrenics , in Jorstad J, Ugelstad E (ed): Schizophrenia 75: Psychotherapy, Family Studies, Research . Oslo, Universitetsforlaget, 1976, pp 413-452. 10. Wild C, Shapiro L, Goldenberg L: Transactional communication disturbances in families of male schizophrenics . Fam Process 1975;14:131-160.Crossref 11. Hirsch SR, Leff JP: Abnormalities in Parents of Schizophrenics , monograph 22, Maudsley Monograph Series. New York, Oxford University Press Inc, 1975. 12. Vaughn CE, Leff JP: The influence of family and social factors on the course of psychiatric illness . Br J Psychiatry 1976;129:125-137.Crossref 13. Brown GW, Birley JLT, Wing JF: Influence of family life on the course of schizophrenic disorders: A replication . Br J Psychiatry 1972; 121:241-258.Crossref 14. Goldstein MJ, Judd LL, Rodnick EH, et al: A method for studying social influence and coping patterns within familes of disturbed adolescents . J Nerv Ment Dis 1968;147:233-251.Crossref 15. Edwards AM: A Socioeconomic Grouping of the Gainful Workers of the United States. US Government Printing Office, 1938. 16. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , ed 2. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 1968. 17. Strodbeck FL: The family as a three-person group . Am Sociol Rev 1954;19:23-29.Crossref 18. Spitzer RL, Endicott J, Robins E: Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) for a Selected Group of Functional Disorders , ed 2. New York, Biometrics Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1975. 19. Gunderson JG: Characteristics of borderlines , in Hartocollis P (ed): Borderline Personality Disorders: The Concepts, the Syndrome, the Patient . New York, International Universities Press Inc, 1977, pp 173-192. 20. Wender PH, Rosenthal D, Kety SS: A psychiatric assessment of the adoptive parents of schizophrenics , in Rosenthal D, Kety SS (eds): The Transmission of Schizophrenia . New York, Pergamon Press, 1968, pp 235-250. 21. Liebowitz MR: Is borderline a distinct entity? Schizophr Bull 1979;1:23-38.Crossref 22. Jones FH: A four-year follow-up of vulnerable adolescents . J Nerv Ment Dis 1974;159:20-39.Crossref

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Archives of General PsychiatryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 1, 1981

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