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How did the psychological wellbeing of Church of England clergy and laity change from the first to the third national COVID-19 lockdowns?
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Village, Andrew and Francis, Leslie J. (2022) How did the psychological wellbeing of Church of England clergy and laity change from the first to the third national COVID-19 lockdowns? Pastoral Psychology, 71 . pp. 653-666. doi:10.1007/s11089-022-01017-z ISSN 0031-2789.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-022-01017-z
Abstract
The balanced affect model of psychological well-being conceptualises positive and negative affect as two separate continua and well-being as the function of these two entities. The COVID-19 pandemic lasted over two years in the United Kingdom and initially caused widespread declines in mental health and well-being. This paper tests whether such declines continued or stabilised as the pandemic lockdowns persisted. The psychological well-being of a religiously committed sample was assessed by perceived changes in affect balance (a function of negative and positive affect) using The Index of Affect Balance Change (TIBACh) from the first to the third COVID-19 lockdowns in the Church of England. The 2020 sample in the first lockdown comprised 792 stipendiary parochial clergy and 2,815 laity who were not in licensed ministry in the Church of England. A repeat survey in the third lockdown in England in 2021 collected responses from 401 equivalent clergy and 1027 equivalent laity. Both clergy and lay people showed increased proportions reporting lower positive affect and increased proportions reporting higher negative affect in the second survey, suggesting psychological well-being had continued to deteriorate as lockdowns persisted.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Psychological aspects, Church of England -- Clergy -- Psychological aspects, Laity -- Church of England -- Psychological aspects, Quarantine, Social isolation -- Psychological aspects, Quality of work life -- Psychological aspects, Well-being, Pastoral psychology | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Pastoral Psychology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0031-2789 | ||||||||
Official Date: | October 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 71 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 653-666 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11089-022-01017-z | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
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Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 May 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 July 2022 | ||||||||
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