Angermeyer M C, Matschinger H
Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1996 Mar;93(3):199-204. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10632.x.
Based on a representative survey among the members of German and Austrian associations of relatives of mentally ill people, this paper examines the beliefs commonly held by relatives of persons suffering from schizophrenia concerning the causes of this disorder. A comparison of the information gathered in the course of this survey with the results of a representative survey conducted among the general public in Germany shows that relatives will usually look to biological factors when searching for the cause of schizophrenia, while the general public tends to cite psychosocial factors, especially stress-related factors, in order to explain the development of this illness. We attribute this discrepancy to relatives' greater exposure to the knowledge of psychiatric experts as well as their having to deal with their own feelings of guilt.
基于对德国和奥地利精神病患者亲属协会成员的一项代表性调查，本文研究了精神分裂症患者亲属对该疾病病因的普遍看法。将本次调查收集的信息与在德国普通公众中进行的一项代表性调查结果进行比较后发现，亲属在寻找精神分裂症病因时通常会倾向于生物因素，而普通公众则倾向于引用社会心理因素，尤其是与压力相关的因素来解释这种疾病的发生。我们将这种差异归因于亲属更多地接触到精神病学专家的知识以及他们自身的内疚感。
