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Foundation (AFF) under the project title, ―Spanish Adaptation of the GPA Scale‖. The
authors appreciate the comments and suggestions made by Peter Malinoski, Ph.D. and
Michael Langone, Ph.D. The paper is a slightly edited translation of the original Spanish
version of the paper, "Adaptacion Psicometrica de la Version Espanola de la Group
Psychological Abuse Scale Para la Medida de Abuso Psicologico en Contextos Grupales,
which was published in Psicothema, Vol. 15, No. 4 (2003), pp. 132-138, and is translated
with that journal's permission.
1 For the purposes of this paper, the term "cult" ("secte," "secta," "setta," and "sekta") will be defined
according to Zablocki (1997): "an ideological organization held together by charismatic relationships
and demanding total commitment."
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2003, Volume 2,
Number 3, pages 203-224. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
Foundation (AFF) under the project title, ―Spanish Adaptation of the GPA Scale‖. The
authors appreciate the comments and suggestions made by Peter Malinoski, Ph.D. and
Michael Langone, Ph.D. The paper is a slightly edited translation of the original Spanish
version of the paper, "Adaptacion Psicometrica de la Version Espanola de la Group
Psychological Abuse Scale Para la Medida de Abuso Psicologico en Contextos Grupales,
which was published in Psicothema, Vol. 15, No. 4 (2003), pp. 132-138, and is translated
with that journal's permission.
1 For the purposes of this paper, the term "cult" ("secte," "secta," "setta," and "sekta") will be defined
according to Zablocki (1997): "an ideological organization held together by charismatic relationships
and demanding total commitment."
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2003, Volume 2,
Number 3, pages 203-224. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
