The University of Newcastle, School of Social Science and Humanities, 10 Scott Street, Point Clare, NSW, 2250, Australia,
J Relig Health. 2014 Oct;53(5):1300-16. doi: 10.1007/s10943-013-9715-0.
Challenging the view that people join New Religious Movements because they have fallen victim to powerful brainwashing techniques, the analysis of in-depth life history interviews of 23 former members from 11 different Australian 'cults' suggests that membership was personally negotiated and motivated by a desire for stronger social connections, albeit for different reasons. While for some participants, a desire for social connectedness was related to a strong need for guidance and direction from 'stable' others, for others it reflected a desire for self-change or self-enhancement. To make sense of the participant narratives, symbolic interactionist understandings of the self are applied.
挑战人们加入新兴宗教运动是因为他们遭受了强大洗脑技术的观点，对 23 名来自 11 个不同澳大利亚“邪教”的前成员的深入生活史访谈的分析表明，成员资格是个人协商的，动机是强烈的社交联系的愿望，尽管原因不同。虽然对于一些参与者来说，对社交联系的渴望与从“稳定”他人那里获得指导和方向的强烈需求有关，但对其他人来说，这反映了对自我改变或自我提升的渴望。为了理解参与者的叙述，应用了自我的符号互动主义理解。
