Salande Joseph D, Perkins David R
Department of Psychology, South Louisiana Community College, Girard Hall, Room 209, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA.
Am J Psychother. 2011;65(4):381-91. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2011.65.4.381.
Several pieces of literature suggest that most individuals who are successfully integrated into cults do not typically manifest symptoms of mental illness. However, the public is often taken aback by the lack of autonomy displayed by cult members and is bewildered by the ability of the cult leader and other cult members to transform fundamental personality functioning in an individual Within the framework of an object relations model of personality structure and functioning as delineated by Otto Kernberg and using existing data concerning the cult experience, the authors engage in a theoretical exploration of cult membership. The authors propose that some behaviors exhibited by cult members may be a function of an object relations-level regression, which is exemplified by the activation of primitive defensive operations that are usually relegated to those suffering with severe personality disorders.
几篇文献表明，大多数成功融入邪教的人通常不会表现出精神疾病的症状。然而，公众常常对邪教成员缺乏自主性的表现感到惊讶，并对邪教领袖和其他邪教成员改变个体基本人格功能的能力感到困惑。在奥托·克恩伯格所描述的人格结构和功能的客体关系模型框架内，并利用有关邪教经历的现有数据，作者们对邪教成员身份进行了理论探索。作者们提出，邪教成员表现出的一些行为可能是客体关系层面退行的结果，这表现为激活通常见于患有严重人格障碍者的原始防御机制。
