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Psychological temperament and the Catholic priesthood : an empirical enquiry among priests in Italy
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Francis, Leslie J. and Crea, Giuseppe (2015) Psychological temperament and the Catholic priesthood : an empirical enquiry among priests in Italy. Pastoral Psychology, 64 (6). pp. 827-837. doi:10.1007/s11089-015-0661-5 ISSN 0031-2789.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11089-015-0661-5
Abstract
This study draws on psychological type theory that has its origins in the work of Jung (1971) and psychological temperament theory as proposed by Keirsey and Bates (1978) to explore the psychological preferences and profile of Catholic priests serving in Italy. Data provided by 155 priests demonstrated an overwhelming preference for sensing and judging (SJ at 76 %), followed by intuition and feeling (NF at 12 %), intuition and thinking (NT at 8 %), and sensing and perceiving (SP at 5 %). In their study of styles of religious leadership, Oswald and Kroeger (1988) characterize the SJ preference as βthe conserving serving pastor.β The implications of these findings are discussed for leadership strengths and weaknesses in the Catholic Church.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Psychology, Typology (Psychology) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Pastoral Psychology | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||
ISSN: | 0031-2789 | ||||||
Official Date: | December 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | 64 | ||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 827-837 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11089-015-0661-5 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 September 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 January 2017 |
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