The nature of the symbiotic bond between mother and schizophrenic.
Based on objectively scored TAT stories and interviews measuring five aspects of symbiotic relationships, a group of schizophrenics and their mothers showed more evidence of being enmeshed in such a relationship than did both non-schizophrenic mental patients and a group of normals and their mothers.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000150:complications; D001290:Attitude; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D001523:Mental Disorders; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*; D012923:Social Class; D013803:Thematic Apperception Test