title: [Significance of membership in new religious movements for regulation of self concept exemplified by the Hare Krischna movement].
abstract: 222 members of the Hare-Krishna-Movement were investigated with the Narcissism Inventory by Deneke and Hilgenstock (1989). The results show that life in the Hare-Krishna-Movement makes certain defensive functions possible. The Hare Krishnas seem to reach a stabilization of their self experience through idealizing transferences and overemphasizing their value-system. High scores on the scale derealisation/depersonalisation hint at an ego-weakness of the members.
authors.affiliation: Psychologisches Institut III der Universität Hamburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eckert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012925:Social Conformity; D012933:Social Identification; D014167:Transference, Psychology
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung der Mitgliedschaft in Neuen Religiösen Bewegungen für die Regulation des Selbsterlebens am Beispiel der Hare-Krischna-Bewegung.