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This article is an electronic version of an article originally
published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1999, Volume 16, Number 1, pages 33-51.
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
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Psychological Distress in Former Members of the
International Churches of Christ and Noncultic Groups
Peter Malinoski, Ph.D.
Michael D. Langone
Steven Jay Lynn
Abstract
Former members of the International Church of Christ (ICC, N = 15), a reputedly
cultic group, former Catholics (N = 19), and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
graduates (IVCF, N = 23) completed a battery of standardized measures of
psychological distress. A substantial minority of the former ICC members reached
clinically significant levels of psychological distress, depression,
dissociation, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms; two-thirds sought psychotherapy after
leaving the ICC. Former ICC members scored higher than the noncultic comparison
groups on measures of depression, anxiety, dissociation, and symptoms of
avoidance and intrusion. These findings support clinical reports of significant
levels of psychological symptoms in former cult members.
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