Research participation opportunity: on spiritual life after religious/spiritual abuse

Rayann Gordon is researching spiritual abuse and is conducting a study on how people reconstruct their spirituality after leaving an abusive situation. She is talking to people who were hurt in a variety of spiritual settings: Buddhist, Christian, New Age, etc.

Here is the info: 

Looking for participants for

“Reconstructing the Sacred: A Mixed Methods Study of Recovery After Spiritual Abuse,” a research project exploring what recovery looks like after spiritual abuse, including the role of grief, ritual, finding new meaning, how your spirituality has changed, and what helped along the way.

You may be eligible if you:

Are aged 18 or over and fluent in English

Have experienced religious or spiritual abuse in the past

Have been out of the abusive situation for at least three years

Currently have a meaningful spiritual life

Feel that participation would not be distressing for you

What's involved:

Two brief online questionnaires and a 60–90 minute Zoom interview about your recovery journey and spiritual life now.

Participation is entirely voluntary and confidential.

To find out more or to take part, start here: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/reconstructingthesacred061026

Or contact Rayann Gordon (Researcher): r.gordon5@edu.salford.ac.uk

This study has been approved by the University of Salford Ethics Committee. Academic supervisor: Dr Linda Dubrow-Marshall.