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[5] When parents join cults, they often begin dissociating from their authentic selves and become
very involved in cult activities. Particularly if the parents were more nurturing prior to the cult, the
child experiences this new cultic behavior as a tremendous loss. This also can be experienced by those
children who are raised in fairly nurturing families before they are sent off to cult schools or separate
living quarters for children.
[6] This contrasts with many who are born and raised in cults who would fear writing their negative
thoughts in a diary because of fear of the harsh consequences if their thoughts were discovered.
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Glencoe.
Blos, P. (1968). Character Formation in Adolescence. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child,
23:245–262.
Chessick, Richard. (1993). A Dictionary for Psychotherapy: Dynamic Concepts in
Psychotherapy. Northvale: Jason Aronson Inc.
Conway, F. and Siegelman, J. (1978). Snapping: America‟s Epidemic of Sudden Personality
Change. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Dalsimer, K. (1967). Female Adolescent Development. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child,
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Emch, A. (1944). On the ‗Need to Know‘ as related to Identification and Acting Out.
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Frank, A. (1996). The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Anchor.
Freud, A. (1936). The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense. New York: International
Universities Press.
Freud, S. (1914). Remembering, Repeating and Working Through (Further
Recommendations on the Technique of Psychoanalysis II). Standard Edition, 12, 147–
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Freud, S. (1921). Group Psychology and Analysis of the Ego. Standard Edition, 18, 65–143.
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Gitelson, M. (1948). Character Synthesis: The Psychotherapeutic Problem of Adolescence.
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Goldberg, L. (1993). Guidelines for Therapists. Recovery from Cults, M. Langone (Ed.). New
York: W.W. Norton and Co.
Goldberg, L. (2003). Reflections on Marriage and Children after the Cult. Cultic Studies
Review, 2(1), 9–29.
Hassan, S. (1988). Combatting Cult Mind Control. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press.
Kent, S. A. (2004). Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members
of the Children of God/The Family. Cultic Studies Review, 3(1), 56–72.
Lalich, J. (2004). Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. Berkeley:
University of California Press.
Langone, M., &Eisenberg, G. (1993). Children and Cults. Recovery From Cults, M. Langone
(Ed.). New York: W.W. Norton and Co.
Lifton, R. J. (1961). Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism. New York: W.W.
Norton.
Markowitz, A., &Halperin, D. (1984). Cults and Children: The Abuse of the Young. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3(2), 143–155.
Moore, B. E., &Fine, B. D. (1990). Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts. New Haven and
London: The American Psychoanalytic Association and Yale U. Press.
Muster, N. J. (2004). Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse in ISKCON. Cultic Studies
Review, 3(1), 1–27.
Olds, D. D. (2006) Identification: Psychoanalytic and Biological Perspectives. Journal of the
American Psychoanalytic Association, 54/1, 17–46.
[5] When parents join cults, they often begin dissociating from their authentic selves and become
very involved in cult activities. Particularly if the parents were more nurturing prior to the cult, the
child experiences this new cultic behavior as a tremendous loss. This also can be experienced by those
children who are raised in fairly nurturing families before they are sent off to cult schools or separate
living quarters for children.
[6] This contrasts with many who are born and raised in cults who would fear writing their negative
thoughts in a diary because of fear of the harsh consequences if their thoughts were discovered.
Bibliography
Blos, P. (1962). On Adolescence: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation. New York: Free Press of
Glencoe.
Blos, P. (1968). Character Formation in Adolescence. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child,
23:245–262.
Chessick, Richard. (1993). A Dictionary for Psychotherapy: Dynamic Concepts in
Psychotherapy. Northvale: Jason Aronson Inc.
Conway, F. and Siegelman, J. (1978). Snapping: America‟s Epidemic of Sudden Personality
Change. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott.
Dalsimer, K. (1967). Female Adolescent Development. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child,
24:487–522.
Emch, A. (1944). On the ‗Need to Know‘ as related to Identification and Acting Out.
International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 25: 13-19.
Frank, A. (1996). The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Anchor.
Freud, A. (1936). The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense. New York: International
Universities Press.
Freud, S. (1914). Remembering, Repeating and Working Through (Further
Recommendations on the Technique of Psychoanalysis II). Standard Edition, 12, 147–
156.
Freud, S. (1921). Group Psychology and Analysis of the Ego. Standard Edition, 18, 65–143.
Giovacchini, P. (1973). Character Development and the Adolescent Process. Adolescent
Psychiatry, Vol.II, S. Feinstein and P. Giovacchini (Eds.). New York: Basic Books, Inc.
Gitelson, M. (1948). Character Synthesis: The Psychotherapeutic Problem of Adolescence.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 18:422–431.
Goldberg, L. (1993). Guidelines for Therapists. Recovery from Cults, M. Langone (Ed.). New
York: W.W. Norton and Co.
Goldberg, L. (2003). Reflections on Marriage and Children after the Cult. Cultic Studies
Review, 2(1), 9–29.
Hassan, S. (1988). Combatting Cult Mind Control. Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press.
Kent, S. A. (2004). Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members
of the Children of God/The Family. Cultic Studies Review, 3(1), 56–72.
Lalich, J. (2004). Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults. Berkeley:
University of California Press.
Langone, M., &Eisenberg, G. (1993). Children and Cults. Recovery From Cults, M. Langone
(Ed.). New York: W.W. Norton and Co.
Lifton, R. J. (1961). Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism. New York: W.W.
Norton.
Markowitz, A., &Halperin, D. (1984). Cults and Children: The Abuse of the Young. Cultic
Studies Journal, 3(2), 143–155.
Moore, B. E., &Fine, B. D. (1990). Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts. New Haven and
London: The American Psychoanalytic Association and Yale U. Press.
Muster, N. J. (2004). Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse in ISKCON. Cultic Studies
Review, 3(1), 1–27.
Olds, D. D. (2006) Identification: Psychoanalytic and Biological Perspectives. Journal of the
American Psychoanalytic Association, 54/1, 17–46.
