“Församlingen blir ens allt” : En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetares svårigheter att bemöta Jehovas vittnen
(2021) SOPA63 20211School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to analyze how former members of Jehovah’s Witnesses describe the social community in the religious movement and how participating in Jehovah’s Witnesses has affected the adult lives during the exiting process. This study also includes analysis about how social workers can help those individuals. The method of this study was a qualitative interview analysis of 8 former Jehovah’s Witnesses members. Symbolic interactionism, organizational theory, mind-control and symbolic capital were used to analyze the study area. The study has shown that the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses was described as a primary group consisting of a secure and good togetherness with a controlled environment controlled by the primary group.... (More)
- The aim of this study was to analyze how former members of Jehovah’s Witnesses describe the social community in the religious movement and how participating in Jehovah’s Witnesses has affected the adult lives during the exiting process. This study also includes analysis about how social workers can help those individuals. The method of this study was a qualitative interview analysis of 8 former Jehovah’s Witnesses members. Symbolic interactionism, organizational theory, mind-control and symbolic capital were used to analyze the study area. The study has shown that the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses was described as a primary group consisting of a secure and good togetherness with a controlled environment controlled by the primary group. This makes the organization difficult to leave. The community was thus described by the informants as an obstacle to the individual's personal identity development, which in some cases led the group members seeking out the ‘’worldly world’’. Further the former members of Jehovah’s Witnesses have stated that they have experienced loneliness, fear and anxiety due to a limited and controlled environment they participated in, which also previous research has shown. A discussion in this study has taken place regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses being titled as a sect. Jehovah's Witnesses have not been counted as a sect since 2019 in Sweden, however, there are similarities from the definition of sect that can be applied to the organization. This study and previous research show that there is a problem with how social workers can support and help individuals with a past within Jehovah's Witnesses. (Less)
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- author
- Groblica, Wiktoria LU and Johansson, Mikaela
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetares svårigheter att bemöta Jehovas vittnen
- course
- SOPA63 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- sects, new religious movement, mental illness, social work, organizational theory, primary group, mind-control, Jehovah’s Witnesses, symbolic interactionism, symbolic capital
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9052562
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-11 10:57:12
- date last changed
- 2021-06-11 10:57:12
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to analyze how former members of Jehovah’s Witnesses describe the social community in the religious movement and how participating in Jehovah’s Witnesses has affected the adult lives during the exiting process. This study also includes analysis about how social workers can help those individuals. The method of this study was a qualitative interview analysis of 8 former Jehovah’s Witnesses members. Symbolic interactionism, organizational theory, mind-control and symbolic capital were used to analyze the study area. The study has shown that the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses was described as a primary group consisting of a secure and good togetherness with a controlled environment controlled by the primary group. This makes the organization difficult to leave. The community was thus described by the informants as an obstacle to the individual's personal identity development, which in some cases led the group members seeking out the ‘’worldly world’’. Further the former members of Jehovah’s Witnesses have stated that they have experienced loneliness, fear and anxiety due to a limited and controlled environment they participated in, which also previous research has shown. A discussion in this study has taken place regarding Jehovah’s Witnesses being titled as a sect. Jehovah's Witnesses have not been counted as a sect since 2019 in Sweden, however, there are similarities from the definition of sect that can be applied to the organization. This study and previous research show that there is a problem with how social workers can support and help individuals with a past within Jehovah's Witnesses.}},
author = {{Groblica, Wiktoria and Johansson, Mikaela}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“Församlingen blir ens allt” : En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetares svårigheter att bemöta Jehovas vittnen}},
year = {{2021}},
}