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Personality and vocational motivation : a study among Catholic seminarians in Italy employing the Big Five and the NIRO
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Francis, Leslie J. and Crea, Giuseppe (2019) Personality and vocational motivation : a study among Catholic seminarians in Italy employing the Big Five and the NIRO. Review of Religious Research, 61 . pp. 259-271. doi:10.1007/s13644-019-00377-y ISSN 0034-673X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13644-019-00377-y
Abstract
This paper tests the hypothesis that vocational motivation (as assessed by religious orientation theory) among Catholic seminarians is significantly correlated with their personality profile (as assessed by the Big Five Factor model). Data provided by 170 seminarians in Italy who completed the New Indices of Religious Orientation and the Big Five Questionnaire demonstrated that: the intrinsic orientation is high among seminarians and positively correlated with conscientiousness; the extrinsic motivation is low among seminarians and negatively correlated with emotional stability; and that the quest orientation is quite high among seminarians, positively correlated with openness and negatively correlated with conscientiousness and friendliness. Attention is given to the distinctive strengths and weaknesses of the quest orientation within the context of formation for priesthood.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Psychology, Religious, Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Religious aspects, Identity (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church , Personality -- Religious aspects, Personality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Catholics -- Religious identity -- Canada, Vocation -- Catholic Church, Seminarians -- Canada | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Review of Religious Research | ||||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0034-673X | ||||||||
Official Date: | September 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 61 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 259-271 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s13644-019-00377-y | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Review of Religious Research. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13644-019-00377-y | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 May 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 June 2020 | ||||||||
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