On formal description of double bind situations based on feeling rules and the theories of triad relations, and its implication

Abstract

Reconsidering the fact that the concept of "double bind" has been defined linguistically, this paper aims to returning to cybernetics as a source of this concept, providing a system model of it with less ambiguity, and obtaining a novel implication on it in family system theory, by reconstructing it from social psychological and sociological perspectives. For these aims, this paper formally describes Hase's approach where double bind situations are regarded as stable states between positive and negative feedbacks in relational systems, and Yamada's suggestion where double bind situations are regarded as a gap of emotions based on the theory of "feeling rules" proposed by Hochschild, by using the theory of cognitive consistency in social psychology.