,Identity Status of Jewish Youth Pre- and Post- Cult Involvement

Identity Status of Jewish Youth Pre- and Post- Cult Involvement


 

Publication Date: June 1981

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Idy B. Gitelson; Edward J. Reed

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

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.