Theory and anecdotal evidence suggest that people undergo psychological changes before and after religious conversion and deconversion. Yet, existing research provided inconclusive evidence. Here, we examined psychological change before, during, and after institutional conversion and deconversion in a large-scale longitudinal study.

中文翻译：

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宗教皈依和去皈依前后的心理变化

理论和轶事证据表明，人们在宗教皈依和去皈依之前和之后都会经历心理变化。然而，现有的研究提供了不确定的证据。在这里，我们在一项大规模纵向研究中考察了制度转变和去转变之前、期间和之后的心理变化。