CHARACTEROLOGICAL FEATURES OF PERSONALITY STRUCTURE AS A FACTOR OF VULNERABILITY TO THE EFFECTS OF DESTRUCTIVE CULTS
The authors consider the main mechanisms of influence of active non-religious organizations on mental state and personality of human. The issues of studying the factors which effect the mental condition and facilitate the impact of destructive sects are considered in details. Authoritarian predisposition of the person is discussed as a factor that increases the risk of involving into totalitarian sects. The presented data allow us to formulate the hypothesis that the people with the authoritarian predisposition are most vulnerable to the influence of destructive sects. Situational factors, enhancing their sensitivity - is the experience of existential crisis caused by those or other life circumstances. Further complex psychological and psychiatric examination will confirm or refute this hypothesis.