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Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2023) Predictors of perceived changes in psychological wellbeing among clergy in the USA serving in the Episcopal Church during the 2021 Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Anglican Studies . pp. 1-24. doi:10.1017/S1740355323000591 ISSN 1740-3553. (In Press)
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1017/S1740355323000591
Abstract
Applying the balanced affect model of clergy psychological wellbeing, as conceptualised by the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) and operationalised by The Index of Balanced Affect Change (TIBACh), this study explored the impact of seven sets of variables on individual differences in perceived changes in positive affect and negative affect among 737 clergy in the USA serving in the Episcopal Church during the Covid-19 pandemic. The seven sets of variables were: personal, psychological, contextual, ministry-related, church orientation, theological stance, and attitudinal. The data supported the balanced affect model of clergy psychological wellbeing by demonstrating how different variables predicted individual differences in negative affect and in positive affect. For example, clergywomen showed no differences from clergymen in terms of positive affect, but higher levels of negative affect; active self-supporting and retired clergy showed no differences from stipendiary clergy in terms of positive affect, but lower levels of negative affect; Evangelical clergy showed no differences in negative affect, but higher levels in positive affect. The balanced affect model provides insights into how clergy may be better supported during a pandemic.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations 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): | Episcopal Church -- United States, Episcopal Church -- Clergy, Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Psychological aspects -- United States, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Anglican Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1740-3553 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||||
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Page Range: | pp. 1-24 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S1740355323000591 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Journal of Anglican Studies Trust | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 November 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 November 2023 |
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