schizophrenogenic parent

n. A parent whose behavior contributes to the development of schizophrenia. In the past it was thought that schizophrenia was caused by maladaptive parenting, but research has found parenting to be a minor but contributory factor in the development of the disease. Psychoanalytic theorists such as Sigmund Freud believed cold, domineering, insensitive, perfectionistic, overprotective, seductive, and morally rigid mothers caused schizophrenia. This idea has not been found to be correct in careful research.