Una encuesta en línea realizada en 2023 a 424 extestigos de Jehová de Austria, Alemania y Suiza (Thoma y otros, Mental Health, Religion & Culture) informó de que un tercio había tenido pensamientos suicidas y el 10% había intentado suicidarse, con síntomas clínicamente significativos y baja calidad de vida, sobre todo entre las mujeres y entre quienes se marcharon a causa de abusos.

Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 26(7): 644-662, “Characteristics of health and well-being in former Jehovah’s Witnesses in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland”

9 de agosto de 2023 · pp.644-662 · Abstract · Myriam V. Thoma; Andreas Goreis; Shauna L. Rohner; Urs M. Nater; Eva Heim; Jan Höltge · Taylor & Francis (open access, CC BY)

“This study assessed a sample of former Jehovah’s Witnesses (N = 424 ... ). Most participants (66%) were born into this faith community. Half the sample left voluntarily, 21% were expelled ... One third reported suicidal thoughts; 10% had attempted suicide.”

Online survey; self-selected sample; no control group. Women and survivors of child maltreatment identified as particularly vulnerable sub-groups.

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