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Moving On: How Experiences in Ultra-Orthodox Judaism Associate with Forgiveness and Mental Health After Religious Deidentification

Keller, Yehudis
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8592-7478
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712311268982188

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2024, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
While research examining common struggles of religious deidentification is growing, there is little research examining process variables of psychological adjustment. Individuals who deidentify from high-cost religions often experience anger or other negative emotions toward God, themselves, other individuals in the religion of origin, or the entire religion of origin. What role might forgiveness play in relation to these deidentification experiences? Event-specific forgiveness toward the self, God, specific others, and the entire community of origin was explored among 293 individuals who pulled away from ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Several factors accounted for unique variance in different types of forgiveness, which in turn had implications for mental health. In a few cases, levels of spiritual harm and abuse moderated the relationship between specific forgiveness and wellbeing outcomes. Overall, situation-specific forgiveness toward multiple transgressors may be an important factor when considering the psychological adjustment of those who pull away from high-cost religions.
Julie Exline (Advisor)
Arin Connell (Committee Member)
Norah Feeny (Committee Member)
95 p.
Clinical Psychology; Social Psychology; Spirituality
religious disaffiliation; ultra-Orthodox Judaism; forgiveness; religion and spirituality; self-forgiveness; forgiveness toward God; forgiveness toward others; interpersonal forgiveness; posttraumatic growth; religious and spiritual struggles; spiritual harm and abuse

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  • Keller, Y. (2024). Moving On: How Experiences in Ultra-Orthodox Judaism Associate with Forgiveness and Mental Health After Religious Deidentification [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712311268982188

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Keller, Yehudis. Moving On: How Experiences in Ultra-Orthodox Judaism Associate with Forgiveness and Mental Health After Religious Deidentification. 2024. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712311268982188.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Keller, Yehudis. "Moving On: How Experiences in Ultra-Orthodox Judaism Associate with Forgiveness and Mental Health After Religious Deidentification." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1712311268982188

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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