He might also be able to learn the long prayers for the dhikri of a particular sufi group, tariqa, and join in the Friday afternoon recitations, becoming a new member of a young coterie of Sufi students and the pious. 13900573. Given that the definition of a cult is a little blurry, one could suggest that certain religions, such as Catholicism, appear cultic. 0000008155 00000 n 0000020860 00000 n Counselling psychology quarterly. 0000024375 00000 n 470 0 obj <>126 0 R]/P 514 0 R/Pg 481 0 R/S/Link>> Similarly, an article regarding adolescents risks of joining anti-social cults, research has been conducted that young people who suffer from a deep sense of loneliness are vulnerable to being recruited into cults (2018). trailer Though this is a loose term, which is unliked by many, due to fixed connotations. 0000021395 00000 n 0000005599 00000 n How we communicate helps relationships get off on the right foot, navigate problems, and change over time. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.07.018. It's a really small sample size but it starts to give you a good idea of . 14:2 pp.119 DOI: 10.1080/09515070126331, Lalich, J. 0000004685 00000 n However based on such a small sample size it is very hard to say. 0000005121 00000 n Kristina Jones, a woman born into a cult called The Children of God (Originally named Teens for Christ), wrote for the BBC about why some people decide to join these groups in the first place. 0000020833 00000 n According to Dr. Stanley H. Cath of Tufts University School of Medicine, many people who join cults were raised in a family that attempted to teach them Christianity, Judaism, or another formal religion, and yet they rejected it. In an interview with Playboy Magazine, he explains that their family fled the cult in 1977. One of the questions you posed at the end of your comment made me think of some reading I did when researching this topic. endobj In any discussion of the cult experience, whether from an objective/empirical perspective or from a subjective/experiential perspective, it is necessary to understand an oft-repeated concept in much of the literature concerning cults: no one joins a cult (Zimbardo, 1997). They found that 32.3% of participants It gives them license to do anything . xref Cult leaders want people who will be obedient to them and their rules. In her 20s, Dr. Stein began to seek out political organizations who claimed to improve the lives of Americans needing health care and other issues. Cults and Satanism: Threats to Teens [A Bulletin Special]. <>84 0 R]/P 572 0 R/Pg 481 0 R/S/Link>> Sociodemographic characteristics that is, the cultic group. Cults are typically marketed as organizations that promote self-betterment, whether that means the promise of enlightenment in the case of tantric sex cults, or the skills to make all of your professional dreams comes true, which NXIVM preaches in the form of self-help courses. In fact, it could be any one of us, if we were not on guard to stop it from happening. (2017) Why do people join cults? 572 0 obj I did not include any of these statistics in my writing because there were only 31 former cult members interviewed and I didnt think that was a large enough sample size to make any concrete conclusions. As a result, it is defined as handling major concepts and roles associated with protective factors. If these people have children of their own, their entire family becomes dependent on the cult leader. Without real intimacy, relationships wither. 0000007120 00000 n Steve Hassan and Jon Atack are two experts who have both talked about these phenomena and there may be many more. <>423 0 R]/P 552 0 R/Pg 543 0 R/S/Link>> MeSH The types of people who are most susceptible to this sort of manipulation are those who come from broken families and abusive relationships. Authoritarian religious cults often use members for labor trafficking. 0000113494 00000 n However, undue influence is deceptive and manipulative. 574 0 obj 0000019538 00000 n Cult leaders offer simple solutions in a way that makes sense, and they know how to motivate people to devote their life to the leaders cause. Groupthink. 471 0 obj The average age of joining a gang was just under 15 years old. 452 117 Some people cope by jumping into a new relationship very quickly, while others celebrate their new-found independence. <> ne The vast majority of cults teach their followers that they are superior to non-cult members. endobj From someone who doesnt have references to site, but has trended deeply in the delusional mindtraps of several cults from early childhood, I find contention with only one small sub sentence of your post, namely, they are not brainwashed. <>110 0 R]/P 498 0 R/Pg 481 0 R/S/Link>> )@ R5JL[*,}JimhKzeP HDEkl7p)K6`9aB ss>9p DrR\&MK=fRaWamn(5L6XrR(>$z;?~!W;n^C2T>eri\h*@(_e,2E5!yDay endobj Dr. Alexandra Stein points out that one common thread is that people are in a transition period in their lives. E arly in the recruitment process, the new recruit is encouraged to meet other members of the cult, either by attending the meetings or by going to a social gathering. 0000113842 00000 n There are, however, a few common threads that draw people towards these types of organizations. <>78 0 R]/P 568 0 R/Pg 481 0 R/S/Link>> Destructive individuals and cults use deception and undue influence to make people dependent and obedient. PostedJune 5, 2021 I found the topic you chose to be very interesting. The church projected many catastrophic events which kept church members focused and contributing - emotionally and financially. Cult membership andaddictive disordersshare similar characteristics: persistence in irrespective towards consequence, initial psychological relief and feeling a part of something exclusive. Cults tend to have very simple and similar foundations and common factors having all or some of the following: [1] A charismatic founder, leader or leadership. Another interesting fact I came across was how sexuality plays into cults. Prince 14.2 (www.princexml.com) (2019, June 19). Janis, I. L. (2008). 0000046337 00000 n Authors' identification M. Rousseleta,b*, O. Duretetec, J.B Hardouinb, M. Grall-Bronneca,b aClinical Investigation Unit BALANCED "BehaviorAL AddictioNs and ComplEx mood Disorders", Addictology and Psychiatry Department, Nantes University Hospital, Hpital Saint- One of the many tactics that cults use to recruit new members is "love bombing." This is a technique where members of the group are overly loving and complimentary. Their research indicated that the experiences these people have of bitter conflicts, and rejection of peers, can be quite distressing; that men and women who join a cult have never previously developed any deep and trusting relationships with others (Yakovleva, 2018). addiction is chronic condition that affects lives in many ways, This elitism gives people an us vs. them sort of mindset, which eventually leads to members becoming socially isolated from people living in the outside world. <>104 0 R]/P 492 0 R/Pg 481 0 R/S/Link>> Retrieved July 12, 2019, from https://go-galegroup-com.ezproxy.uleth.ca/ps/i.do?p=HRCA&u=leth89164&id=GALE|A53368534&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon. View What Makes Someone Join a Cult?.pdf from ENG 203 at Temple University. That's what cults do. Its possible then that cult leaders might prey on these vulnerable people, and potentially use the guise of friendship and compassion to recruit people they may already know. 0000114895 00000 n Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. 2007 Aug 15-21;21(49):20-2. doi: 10.7748/ns.21.49.20.s23. While we are at it, let's shatter another myth: people who join cults are not stupid, weird, crazy, weak-willed, or neurotic. It is true that members of Scientology have provided vital disaster relief. To help them or yourself, you need to learn how the mind works and how people can be programmed into a destructive authoritarian cult. Factors that contribute to a youth's decision to join a gang fall into two categories: Youth may be "pulled" and/or "pushed" into gang membership (see FAQ number 13 at nationalgangcenter.ojp.gov , What are risk factors for gang membership? It is also known as mind control or thought reform. Spiritual Abuse Among Cult Ex-members: A Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Inquiry Glasscock, Deborah Susan . Visiting and making personal contact with cult members is important. I have to agree with you when you mention that it has become an assumption for people to make regarding people joining a cult being mentally ill. endobj According to multiple psychologists and sociologists, there is no stereotype of the sort of person who would join a cult. 844. "Sometimes people are just wanting to connect with people they think they have something in common with, and a cult provides instant community and love-bombing and a language that suddenly you all speak," Bernstein said, referring to the jargon cults often create for their members. People stay for many of the same reasons they join, they enjoy being a part of the group, and they have an inability to question it due to social pressure. More often than not, a cult will promise to solve an issue in society that no one else is offering a solution to. endobj Members may have seen too many things that didn't make sense, too many contradictions, and even too many doomsdays that didn't happen. Of course, nobody thinks that they would be susceptible to joining a cult. Destructive individuals and cults use deception and undue influence to make people dependent and obedient. endobj References: If you are wondering who joins cults and why, the short, but creepy answer is that pretty much anyone can get sucked into them."That is the insidiousness of mind-manipulation," Lisa Kohn, a cult . We assumed that, as in the case of addiction disorders, former cult members exhibit vulnerability and protective factors for cult commitment and membership. eCollection 2021. We go in, and were immediately greeted by a young, attractive woman. These people want the protection of a parental figure who will save them from the outside world. &nf*$v*TE5Q&P.l-6~WFbu kC`4P$+^/*c(t jB|X? Ut2]5Q&t*s.9 Do we know about them, or are they hidden from the rest of us non-culters (or ex-culters)? In the summer of 2010, when I had just turned 18, I took a trip to Vancouver. . <> She said her former cult member patients often tell her they would've never joined the cult if they weren't going through a difficult life event at the time they were approached to join. Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. 0000112713 00000 n Cult membership: What factors contribute to joining or leaving? No one's able to make a fully educated decision before getting involved in a cult.". These factors could be individual, en- vironmental and/or linked to the characteristics of the addiction object, 2.3.1. 0000010356 00000 n The company teaches their employees that they are superior to others. Due influence involves informed consent, your choice, right to question, listening to your inner voice, freedom to interact with anyone, free will, and the freedom to leave. It includes isolation and control, fear and coercion, and enslavement. x]o6 ?*`Zn5vQqhbg~$%ukI 4R:zROj}"454K"q6n:Y>W80r=S27_E7Sf|ttB^Z$fvuNnq~q_i#ThCQQL*J*-r~| K7 mS|?#}eIoI{ I?!r*qlufCWic>?v>. a`m\J\0U0x~}TZsrYg~!.gPEkR-L7!Yd2`< I*XeDJAnGbGH*|~NnfxSaV Despite the fact that she witnessed so many atrocities committed by high-ranking church members, she still thought it was for the greater good since they were trying to clear the planet. On Scientologys official website, the organization emphasizes how terrible the world is, with both natural and manmade disasters occurring on a daily basis. The end of your comment made me think of some reading I did when researching this.... R/S/Link > > Sociodemographic characteristics that is, the cultic group their family fled the in... 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