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Stankovic, S. R., Libb, J. W., Freeman III, A. M., &Roseman, J. M. (1992). Posttreatment
stability of the MCMI-2 personality scales in depressed outpatients. Journal of
Personality Disorders, 6(l), 82-89.
Swartling, G., &Swartling, P. G. (1992). Psychiatric problems of ex-members of Word of
Life. Cultic Studies Journal, 9(l), 78-88.
Temerlin, M. K., &Temerlin, J. W. (1982). Psychotherapy cults: An iatrogenic perversion.
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice, 19, 131-141.
Ungerleider, T. J., &Wellisch, D. K. (1979). Coercive persuasion (brainwashing), religious
cults and deprogramming. American Journal of Psychiatry, 136, 279-282.
Weiss, A. S., &Comrey, A. L. (1987). Personality characteristics of Hare Krishnas. Journal of
Personality Assessment, 51(3), 399-413.
West, L. J., &Singer, M. T. (1980). Cults, quacks, and nonprofessional psychotherapies. In
H. I. Kaplan, A. M. Freedman, &B. C. Saddock (Eds.), Comprehensive textbook of
psychiatry. Baltimore: Williams &Wilkins.
Wright, S. A. (1987). Leaving cults: The dynamics of defection. Society for the Scientific
Study of Religion Monograph Series, Number 7. SSSR: Washington, D.C.
Yeakley, F. (Ed.). (1988). The discipling dilemma. Nashville, TN: Gospel Advocate.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the American Family Foundation, which funded the data analysis
and report-writing phases of this study, the Ohio University Computer Services, and the
directors, staff, and clients of Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center for their diligence and
cooperation.
*****
Paul R. Martin, Ph. D. is Director of Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Chair of the
American Family Foundation‟s Victim Assistance Committee, and author of Cult-proofing
your kid (Zondervan).
Michael D. Langone, Ph. D. is Editor of the Cultic Studies Journal, Executive Director of
the American Family Foundation, coauthor of Cults: What parents should know and
Satanism and occult-related violence and editor of the forthcoming Recovery from Cults.
Arthur A. Dole, Ph. D. is Emeritus Professor, Psychology in Education Division, Graduate
School of Education, the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Wiltrout is a doctoral candidate in Organizational Psychology at Ohio University.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1992, Volume 9,
Number 2, pages 219-250. 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.
Stankovic, S. R., Libb, J. W., Freeman III, A. M., &Roseman, J. M. (1992). Posttreatment
stability of the MCMI-2 personality scales in depressed outpatients. Journal of
Personality Disorders, 6(l), 82-89.
Swartling, G., &Swartling, P. G. (1992). Psychiatric problems of ex-members of Word of
Life. Cultic Studies Journal, 9(l), 78-88.
Temerlin, M. K., &Temerlin, J. W. (1982). Psychotherapy cults: An iatrogenic perversion.
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice, 19, 131-141.
Ungerleider, T. J., &Wellisch, D. K. (1979). Coercive persuasion (brainwashing), religious
cults and deprogramming. American Journal of Psychiatry, 136, 279-282.
Weiss, A. S., &Comrey, A. L. (1987). Personality characteristics of Hare Krishnas. Journal of
Personality Assessment, 51(3), 399-413.
West, L. J., &Singer, M. T. (1980). Cults, quacks, and nonprofessional psychotherapies. In
H. I. Kaplan, A. M. Freedman, &B. C. Saddock (Eds.), Comprehensive textbook of
psychiatry. Baltimore: Williams &Wilkins.
Wright, S. A. (1987). Leaving cults: The dynamics of defection. Society for the Scientific
Study of Religion Monograph Series, Number 7. SSSR: Washington, D.C.
Yeakley, F. (Ed.). (1988). The discipling dilemma. Nashville, TN: Gospel Advocate.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the American Family Foundation, which funded the data analysis
and report-writing phases of this study, the Ohio University Computer Services, and the
directors, staff, and clients of Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center for their diligence and
cooperation.
*****
Paul R. Martin, Ph. D. is Director of Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center, Chair of the
American Family Foundation‟s Victim Assistance Committee, and author of Cult-proofing
your kid (Zondervan).
Michael D. Langone, Ph. D. is Editor of the Cultic Studies Journal, Executive Director of
the American Family Foundation, coauthor of Cults: What parents should know and
Satanism and occult-related violence and editor of the forthcoming Recovery from Cults.
Arthur A. Dole, Ph. D. is Emeritus Professor, Psychology in Education Division, Graduate
School of Education, the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Wiltrout is a doctoral candidate in Organizational Psychology at Ohio University.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1992, Volume 9,
Number 2, pages 219-250. 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.
