Research Survey for Former Local Church Members

HoldFast · 03-17-2016, 12:08 PM

Hello everyone! I am currently a fourth-year undergraduate student studying sociology at Duke University. I was a member of the Local Church for many years, but I was able to disaffiliate by the Lord's mercy. It was a difficult and confusing process, but I am doing much better now. I look forward to sharing my testimony with you all sometime before I graduate. After speaking with several individuals with similar painful experiences and reading many testimonies on here, I have been inspired to do something to help. This year, I have the opportunity of working on a research project that is trying to better understand the different types of social experiences people have after leaving religious totalistic groups (i.e. cults/new religious movements) in order to find more practical ways to help support people during the readjustment process. I have created a survey to ask about these experiences, which has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Duke. This electronic survey consists of yes/no, multiple choice, and scaled questions, and it is open to anyone who is a former member of a cult or new religious movement. The survey will be completely anonymous and does not collect any identifying information. It takes about 15 minutes to complete. The link to the survey is: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NAzdVBgknVpEfX

If you are someone who disaffiliated from the Local Church (and consider it to be a religious totalistic group), you are more than welcome to take the survey. I would be deeply grateful for your time and participation. I am excited to learn from the data I collect and use it to design research-based interventions in the future. This survey is open to anyone who is a former member of ANY cult or new religious movement, and there are no other requirements -- so you are definitely encouraged to share the link! Thank you so much for your help and prayers. Please feel free to message me with any questions or concerns.
Blessings!

03-17-2016, 12:08 PM	#1
HoldFast Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 8	Research Survey for Former Local Church Members Hello everyone! I am currently a fourth-year undergraduate student studying sociology at Duke University. I was a member of the Local Church for many years, but I was able to disaffiliate by the Lord's mercy. It was a difficult and confusing process, but I am doing much better now. I look forward to sharing my testimony with you all sometime before I graduate. After speaking with several individuals with similar painful experiences and reading many testimonies on here, I have been inspired to do something to help. This year, I have the opportunity of working on a research project that is trying to better understand the different types of social experiences people have after leaving religious totalistic groups (i.e. cults/new religious movements) in order to find more practical ways to help support people during the readjustment process. I have created a survey to ask about these experiences, which has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Duke. This electronic survey consists of yes/no, multiple choice, and scaled questions, and it is open to anyone who is a former member of a cult or new religious movement. The survey will be completely anonymous and does not collect any identifying information. It takes about 15 minutes to complete. The link to the survey is: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NAzdVBgknVpEfX If you are someone who disaffiliated from the Local Church (and consider it to be a religious totalistic group), you are more than welcome to take the survey. I would be deeply grateful for your time and participation. I am excited to learn from the data I collect and use it to design research-based interventions in the future. This survey is open to anyone who is a former member of ANY cult or new religious movement, and there are no other requirements -- so you are definitely encouraged to share the link! Thank you so much for your help and prayers. Please feel free to message me with any questions or concerns. Blessings!