BITE axis: General
BITE Model
Steven Hassan's framework (1988) describing how high-control groups govern members across four axes: Behavior, Information, Thought, and Emotional control.
How it looks in practice
A reader can use BITE to ask of any group: does it regulate what you wear and how you spend your time (B), control what you can read or watch (I), insist on a black-and-white worldview (T), and use shunning or fear to keep you compliant (E)? If most of those are 'yes', BITE flags it as high-control regardless of theology.
BITE-model connection
BITE is the foundational framework for the entire CLCI score — every group is rated 0-10 on each of the four BITE axes, summed with a signed modifier (-5 to +5) to produce a CLCI total in the 0-40 range.
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