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R5. medical help okay 3.15 1.46 -0.04
6. politics major goal 2.56 1.53 0.16
7. leaving is damnation 3.43 1.70 0.58
8. no negative emotions 4.02 1.31 0.51
9. members part of elite 4.61 ,92 0.51
10. criticism is evil 4.16 1.43 0.55
11. coercive persuasion 4.49 1.01 0.49
12. violence to outsiders 2.31 1.49 0.36
13. group lives together 3.38 1.67 0.56
14. intimacy dictated 3.77 1.64 0.52
15. stay because deceived 4.18 1.19 0.64
16. exercises remove doubt 4.00 1.37 0.35
17. no medical help 2.49 1.55 0.25
18. serve leaders 4.25 1.29 0.55
19. money major goal 4.08 1.28 0.61
20. critics threatened 3.03 1.47 0.53
R21. members make decisions 4.08 1.39 0.36
R22. can think critically 4.13 1.42 0.17
23. leader is divine 4.11 1.40 0.39
24. mind control used 4.34 1.09 0.34
R25. little psychological
pressure
4.08 1.39 0.38
R26. criticism rare 3.51 1.53 0.51
27. recruiting major goal 4.66 ,91 0.36
28. members must consult 4.18 1.22 0.58
Taking the original structure of the instrument, and in order to examine its reliability, we
calculated the internal consistency using Cronbach‘s Alpha index. The values found show, in
general, an adequate internal consistency of the scale for the Spanish sample (α =0.87),
which is even higher than the consistency showed by the original scale (α =0.81). As far as
the subscales are concerned, values are, in almost all cases, less than those obtained by the
authors of the original scale, especially for the subscale Anxious Dependency (α =0.59),
which shows an alpha index considerably lower than the same subscale in the original North
American sample (α =0.72). The Mind Control subscale, however, shows a higher value for
the Spanish sample (α =0.76) with regard to the original (α =0.70).
R5. medical help okay 3.15 1.46 -0.04
6. politics major goal 2.56 1.53 0.16
7. leaving is damnation 3.43 1.70 0.58
8. no negative emotions 4.02 1.31 0.51
9. members part of elite 4.61 ,92 0.51
10. criticism is evil 4.16 1.43 0.55
11. coercive persuasion 4.49 1.01 0.49
12. violence to outsiders 2.31 1.49 0.36
13. group lives together 3.38 1.67 0.56
14. intimacy dictated 3.77 1.64 0.52
15. stay because deceived 4.18 1.19 0.64
16. exercises remove doubt 4.00 1.37 0.35
17. no medical help 2.49 1.55 0.25
18. serve leaders 4.25 1.29 0.55
19. money major goal 4.08 1.28 0.61
20. critics threatened 3.03 1.47 0.53
R21. members make decisions 4.08 1.39 0.36
R22. can think critically 4.13 1.42 0.17
23. leader is divine 4.11 1.40 0.39
24. mind control used 4.34 1.09 0.34
R25. little psychological
pressure
4.08 1.39 0.38
R26. criticism rare 3.51 1.53 0.51
27. recruiting major goal 4.66 ,91 0.36
28. members must consult 4.18 1.22 0.58
Taking the original structure of the instrument, and in order to examine its reliability, we
calculated the internal consistency using Cronbach‘s Alpha index. The values found show, in
general, an adequate internal consistency of the scale for the Spanish sample (α =0.87),
which is even higher than the consistency showed by the original scale (α =0.81). As far as
the subscales are concerned, values are, in almost all cases, less than those obtained by the
authors of the original scale, especially for the subscale Anxious Dependency (α =0.59),
which shows an alpha index considerably lower than the same subscale in the original North
American sample (α =0.72). The Mind Control subscale, however, shows a higher value for
the Spanish sample (α =0.76) with regard to the original (α =0.70).
