Un estudio de 2021 revisado por pares, basado en entrevistas a seis extestigos de Jehová (Ransom, Monk y Heim, Journal of Religion and Health), informó de que el ostracismo posterior a la salida 'puede estar asociado a un deterioro de la salud mental', que los participantes comparaban la pérdida de familiares y amigos con el duelo por alguien que sigue vivo, que un participante refirió dos intentos de suicidio y otro conductas autodestructivas, y que uno describió el suicidio de un hijo después de que este fuera expulsado.

Journal of Religion and Health, 61(3): 2458-2480 (online 19 Jan 2021; issue June 2022), “Grieving the Living: The Social Death of Former Jehovah’s Witnesses”

19 de enero de 2021 · pp.2458-2480 · Abstract; Results · Heather J. Ransom; Rebecca L. Monk; Derek Heim · Springer (open access, CC BY)

“Narratives suggest that experiences of ostracism following religious exit can be associated with diminished mental health, while having a sense of agency and establishing new (online) social connections may help mitigate adverse consequences.”

Six former JWs in the UK (aged 25 to 60s; disfellowshipped or disassociated), semi-structured interviews analysed with interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results: 'the sudden loss of contact with loved [ones] was akin to grieving their living friends and family'; one participant reported two suicide attempts, another self-destructive behaviour, and a third described her son’s suicide after he was disfellowshipped and one a son's suicide after disfellowshipping; 'the indication is that being disfellowshipped may potentially have serious implications to physical and mental health'.

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