Schizophrenia and the Family A Survey of the Literature 1956–1960 on the Etiology of Schizophrenia

A Review of the Double Bind Theory

“…References to the specific family structure which is conducive to double bind situations are relatively numerous, though brief (1, 10, 12, 21, 35, 37, 39, 45, 50, 61, 64, 83, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92). By and large, these authors agree that the mother is the dominant parent whose pathological influence on the child is not sufficiently counteracted by the typically rather weak or withdrawn father.…”