Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan

Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan

A Response to Academics Who Say There Is No Undue Influence in Destructive Cults

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Dr. Steven Hassan
Jun 28, 2018
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June 28, 2018

The Influence Continuum graphic below describes my model for evaluating influence–from the healthy to the unhealthy. My BITE model offers a list of concerning practices that represent unhealthy mind control: Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control designed to create dependent and obedient slaves to a person or ideology.

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