Family Interaction and Schizophrenia

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Abstract
THE APPLICATION of experimental methods to the study of intrafamilial interaction is an important recent development in the study of families of schizophrenics. The hallmarks of these methods adapted from the small group research laboratory, include the use of control group research designs, standard stimulus situations, observation and tape recording of family discussions, and the statistical analysis of coded and quantified data. Published reports from such studies contain accounts both of methods and findings.1-10 This paper describes a study, in progress for the past three years, that is a particularly comprehensive and systematic example of this approach. The focus is on the methodological approach of the study; reports on findings are now in preparation.* Methodological decisions—on research design, measurement, and analysis—reflect theoretical considerations about the relevance of certain variables to the central questions under investigation. In this study, these questions are whether, how, and in

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