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Selected References
Alter, M. G. (1986). Religious experience inventory: An empirical study of Christian religious
maturity and its relationship to mental health. Dissertation Abstracts International,
46 (7-A),1973.
Ayells, M. F. (1986). Insane therapy: Case study of the social organization of a
psychotherapy cult. Dissertation Abstracts International, 46 (9-A), 2813.
Baca, Richard E. (1986). Effects of human potential seminar training on anxiety, grades, and attrition
among first year nursing students in an associate degree nursing program. Dissertation
abstracts international, 46 (7-A), 1871.
Barker, E. (1986). Religious movements — Cult and anti-cult since Jonestown. Annual Review of
Sociology, 12, 329-346.
Beckford, J. A. (1986). Book review of The future of religion — Secularization, revival, and cult
formation, by R. Stark &W. S. Bainbridge. Futurist, 20, 24-25.
Brown, C. G. (1986). Book review of The elementary forms of the new religious life, by R. Wallis.
Sociological Review, 34, 710-713.
Buchanan, S. (1986). If all else fails, managers are turning to the stars. International Herald
Tribune, May 7, 1986. Detailed discussion of companies‘ use of astrology to solve
communications problems internally and externally. An engineer-businessman, who
prepares a company‘s charts costing $700 a day, says that having an astrological chart
humanizes the company for employees.
Cole, S. (1986). Soviet family clubs and the Russian human-potential movement. Journal of
Humanistic Psychology, 26, 48-83.
Cowling, R. W. (1985). Relationship of mystical experience, differentiation, and creativity. Perceptual
and Motor Skills, 6, (2), 451-456. Tested the hypothesis that perceptual features of
mystical experience and differentiation would be conducive to emergent creativity with 160
undergraduates (31% male, 69% female). SS were administered a mysticism scale, the
group embedded figures test, and the adjective check list from which 19 items were extracted
to measure creativity. Findings provided mild support for the hypothesis. The
combination of mystical experience and differentiation accounted for 14.5% of the total
variance of creativity mystical experience accounted for about 11%, and differentiation
for about 3%. Mystical experience and creativity were positively related, as were
differentiation and creativity. Mystical experience and differentiation were orthogonal and did
not interact to influence creativity.
Dillbeck, M. C., Assimakis, P. D., Raimondi, D., Orme-Johnson, D. W. &Rowe, R. (1986).
Longitudinal effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and cognitive
ability and style. Perceptual Motor Skills, 62 (3), 731-738.
Dobson, J. E. &Campbell, N. (1986). Laboratory outcomes of personal growth groups.
Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 11 ,9-15. Attempts to determine if counselor
candidates‘ self-reports would indicate increased personal development following a required
laboratory group experience in personal growth. 34 female and 20 male master‘s level
counselor candidates participated in one of six personal growth groups designed to
provide members with opportunities for exploring themselves and their relationships with
others. The group counseling scale for the self-analysis of fully functioning and self-
defeating behaviors was administered to SS before the group experience, one week after
the last session, and two months following the final group meeting. Results reveal a
significant improvement in scores in the post-test period, and findings suggest that the
laboratory growth period provided a process in which subjects increased their self-awareness,
which was maintained in the two-month follow-up.
Enroth, R. (1986). Churches on the fringe. Eternity. October 1986, 17. Fringe Christian churches in
the U. S. promote isolationist attitudes, exhibit a sense of spiritual superiority, and
harshly scrutinize members who want to leave the group.
Selected References
Alter, M. G. (1986). Religious experience inventory: An empirical study of Christian religious
maturity and its relationship to mental health. Dissertation Abstracts International,
46 (7-A),1973.
Ayells, M. F. (1986). Insane therapy: Case study of the social organization of a
psychotherapy cult. Dissertation Abstracts International, 46 (9-A), 2813.
Baca, Richard E. (1986). Effects of human potential seminar training on anxiety, grades, and attrition
among first year nursing students in an associate degree nursing program. Dissertation
abstracts international, 46 (7-A), 1871.
Barker, E. (1986). Religious movements — Cult and anti-cult since Jonestown. Annual Review of
Sociology, 12, 329-346.
Beckford, J. A. (1986). Book review of The future of religion — Secularization, revival, and cult
formation, by R. Stark &W. S. Bainbridge. Futurist, 20, 24-25.
Brown, C. G. (1986). Book review of The elementary forms of the new religious life, by R. Wallis.
Sociological Review, 34, 710-713.
Buchanan, S. (1986). If all else fails, managers are turning to the stars. International Herald
Tribune, May 7, 1986. Detailed discussion of companies‘ use of astrology to solve
communications problems internally and externally. An engineer-businessman, who
prepares a company‘s charts costing $700 a day, says that having an astrological chart
humanizes the company for employees.
Cole, S. (1986). Soviet family clubs and the Russian human-potential movement. Journal of
Humanistic Psychology, 26, 48-83.
Cowling, R. W. (1985). Relationship of mystical experience, differentiation, and creativity. Perceptual
and Motor Skills, 6, (2), 451-456. Tested the hypothesis that perceptual features of
mystical experience and differentiation would be conducive to emergent creativity with 160
undergraduates (31% male, 69% female). SS were administered a mysticism scale, the
group embedded figures test, and the adjective check list from which 19 items were extracted
to measure creativity. Findings provided mild support for the hypothesis. The
combination of mystical experience and differentiation accounted for 14.5% of the total
variance of creativity mystical experience accounted for about 11%, and differentiation
for about 3%. Mystical experience and creativity were positively related, as were
differentiation and creativity. Mystical experience and differentiation were orthogonal and did
not interact to influence creativity.
Dillbeck, M. C., Assimakis, P. D., Raimondi, D., Orme-Johnson, D. W. &Rowe, R. (1986).
Longitudinal effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and cognitive
ability and style. Perceptual Motor Skills, 62 (3), 731-738.
Dobson, J. E. &Campbell, N. (1986). Laboratory outcomes of personal growth groups.
Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 11 ,9-15. Attempts to determine if counselor
candidates‘ self-reports would indicate increased personal development following a required
laboratory group experience in personal growth. 34 female and 20 male master‘s level
counselor candidates participated in one of six personal growth groups designed to
provide members with opportunities for exploring themselves and their relationships with
others. The group counseling scale for the self-analysis of fully functioning and self-
defeating behaviors was administered to SS before the group experience, one week after
the last session, and two months following the final group meeting. Results reveal a
significant improvement in scores in the post-test period, and findings suggest that the
laboratory growth period provided a process in which subjects increased their self-awareness,
which was maintained in the two-month follow-up.
Enroth, R. (1986). Churches on the fringe. Eternity. October 1986, 17. Fringe Christian churches in
the U. S. promote isolationist attitudes, exhibit a sense of spiritual superiority, and
harshly scrutinize members who want to leave the group.
