Two mental health services supported adults who had recently received their first diagnosis of schizophrenia. Both services offered the same clinical treatment. One service also worked with each person's employer to keep their job open after diagnosis. The other service had no job-retention scheme.
Researchers recorded median annual employment income at diagnosis and two years later.
| Employment support after diagnosis | Median annual income at diagnosis | Median annual income two years later |
|---|---|---|
| Job-retention scheme | £24,600 | £23,900 |
| No job-retention scheme | £24,800 | £15,500 |
Using the data, explain why the findings support social drift theory more directly than social causation.
144 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 3.2.1 Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, 3.2.2 Key statistics of schizophrenia, 3.2.3 Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, 3.2.4 Brain structure and function in schizophrenia; criticisms, 3.2.5 Social drift theory of schizophrenia, 3.2.6 Schizophrenia research study: Daniel et al. (1991), 3.2.7 Clinical characteristics of clinical depression, 3.2.8 Key statistics of clinical depression, 3.2.9 Social rank theory of clinical depression, 3.2.10 ABC Model of clinical depression, and 3.2.11 Clinical Depression research study: Tandoc et al. (2015). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.