social psychology - sociocultural factors
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- Created on: 24-01-21 16:32
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- sociocultural factors
- social isolation
- Jones et al 1994 - conducted longitudinal study of 5362 people born in a week - those who were diagnosed with schizophrenia were more likely to show solitary play preferences aged 4-6 years, and likely to rate themselves less socially confident at 13, suggesting isolation starts very early
- Since term ‘schizophrenia’ was coined, schizophrenics have tended to report solitary backgrounds, fewer friends and more limited social networks
- Faris 1934 - suggested those with schizophrenia find contact with others stressful, causing withdrawal
- Urbanicity and crowding can lead to social isolation
- Self-imposed isolation cuts individual off from feedback on behaviours and thoughts that are in appropriate, they behave strangely in absence of corrective feedback
- urbanicity
- Higher prevalence of schizophrenia in people who live in urban areas
- Faris and Dunham 1939 - reported greater incidence of schizophrenia when comparing densely populated inner city areas of chicago compared to outskirts of city
- may be due to specific environmental factors of urban life
- Krabbendam and Os et al 2005 - identified factors such as greater socioeconomic adversity for urban dwellers, environmental pollution, overcrowding, drug abuse, and exposure to toxins and infectious agents
- One most likely factor could be greater stress of living in densely populated area
- social isolation
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