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Identity Status of Jewish Youth Pre- and Post- Cult Involvement
Publication Date: June 1981
Publisher(s): Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Idy B. Gitelson; Edward J. Reed
Series: Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 57:4
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Social conditions (Psychology)
Keywords: Youth; Cults; Research
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
It appears that cult members report having suffered moderate to severe psychological symptoms prior to their recruitment. Clinicians working with cult members report that the period of vulnerability is marked by both depression and a sense of being between affiliations.
In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.57 no.4, Summer 1981.