Symbiosis and confirmation between father and schizophrenic.
Projective test and interview data indicate that both schizophrenics and their fathers view fathers of schizophrenics as tending to be neither bonded symbiotically to, nor adaptive to the viewpoint of their schizophrenic offspring. Comparisons to fathers of nonschizophrenic mental patients and fathers of normal controls are reported.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D011386:Projective Techniques; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012561:Schizophrenia, Childhood / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology