Survey example: Ex-Cult Member survey about mental health support needs

This is an example of an AI survey example built for ex-cult members to uncover their mental health support needs—see and try the example now.

Creating truly effective ex-cult member mental health support needs surveys is tough. Most surveys don’t dig deep enough or feel natural, so people hold back or skip details that matter most.

Specific’s conversational survey tools are built exactly for these nuanced situations, letting you craft, launch, and analyze authentic feedback with expert-level AI support.

What is a conversational survey and why AI makes it better for ex-cult members

When we set out to capture feedback from ex-cult members about mental health support, we hit a big obstacle: traditional surveys are rigid, generic, and miss the subtle cues or context that make every story unique. People facing issues like Religious Trauma Syndrome (RTS) aren’t likely to open up—or even finish—a flat, impersonal form. Making these surveys conversational is a total game-changer.

This is where the AI survey generator comes in. Instead of cold, static lists of questions, AI lets us build a two-way conversation that adjusts in real time, encouraging honest and thoughtful answers. By being responsive—like a skilled interviewer—AI can help respondents feel understood and less exposed, which is crucial when discussing sensitive mental health topics.

Why use AI for ex-cult member surveys?

• Increased engagement: One study showed that ex-cult members dealing with anxiety, depression, and PTSD-like symptoms often find it hard to share their experiences—unless they feel truly listened to. AI conversational surveys deliver exactly that [1].

• More genuine responses: Research found that conversational, AI-driven surveys not only increased participant engagement but also dramatically improved response quality compared to standard online surveys [2].

With Specific, you get a best-in-class conversational survey experience so respondents and survey creators alike can focus on real stories, not tedious forms. If you want to learn more about the best ways to phrase questions for this audience, check out our guide to the best questions for ex-cult member mental health support needs surveys.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

What sets a conversational survey apart is its ability to ask smart follow-up questions based on the respondent’s last answer—the way a caring, experienced interviewer would in person. Thanks to AI, Specific instantly senses when a reply is vague or incomplete and probes further, gathering the rich context we’d otherwise miss.

This means fewer back-and-forth emails and no need for awkward clarifying calls. With every follow-up generated on the spot, the flow feels effortless and natural, which is especially important for sensitive topics around mental health and religious trauma.

• Ex-cult member: “Sometimes I feel anxious when I’m in groups.”

• AI follow-up: “When you feel anxious in groups, are there certain situations or triggers that make the feeling more intense?”

If you don’t ask a follow-up, you end up with answers that are too open to interpretation. But with intelligent probing—as explained in depth on our automatic follow-up questions feature page—you can uncover the specifics needed for meaningful support planning.

Follow-ups make the survey a conversation, so it truly is a conversational survey. Try generating a survey and see how the AI transforms ambiguous answers into powerful, actionable insights. Or, if you want to create a custom survey about anything else from scratch, you can use the AI survey generator.

Easy editing, like magic

We know how frustrating it is when edits to a survey take hours of copying, pasting, and revising. With Specific, you simply chat your changes and the AI survey editor updates the content for you—thanks to built-in expert knowledge and instant feedback. Want to add a follow-up, change tone, or rewrite a question to be more sensitive? Tell the AI, and watch your conversational survey adapt in seconds. Learn more about our rapid editing approach on the AI survey editor page.

Flexible survey delivery and in-context feedback

Getting honest feedback about mental health support needs depends on the delivery method. With Specific, you have two seamless options:

• Sharable landing page surveys: Best for ex-cult members who prefer privacy or want to complete the survey at their own pace. Share a secure link over email or within support forums.

• In-product surveys: Perfect for mental health organizations, support groups, or apps. Target members inside your online community or support portal, surfacing the conversation when it’s most relevant.

Landing page delivery is especially powerful in these sensitive situations, giving people space and safety. But for organizations running ongoing programs, in-product deployment ensures you’re hearing from people as they engage—closing the feedback loop faster.

AI survey analysis: instant insights with zero effort

Once responses start coming in, AI-powered analysis takes over. Specific’s automated survey insights feature summarizes every answer, flags key themes or recurring issues, and transforms raw data into actionable summaries—eliminating the drudgery of copy-pasting into spreadsheets.

Thanks to features like automatic topic detection and the ability to chat directly with AI about your results, you’ll get clarity on the most important mental health support trends in minutes. See our full guide on how to analyze Ex-Cult Member Mental Health Support Needs survey responses with AI for best practices.

See this mental health support needs survey example now

Ready for a survey that asks better questions, adapts in real time, and effortlessly finds actionable insights? Try this AI-powered conversational survey example and experience a whole new way to listen, learn, and support ex-cult members in their mental health journey.