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Happiness matters : exploring the linkages between personality, personal happiness, and work-related psychological health among priests and sisters in Italy
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Francis, Leslie J. and Crea, Giuseppe (2018) Happiness matters : exploring the linkages between personality, personal happiness, and work-related psychological health among priests and sisters in Italy. Pastoral Psychology, 67 (1). pp. 17-32. doi:10.1007/s11089-017-0791-z ISSN 0031-2789.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11089-017-0791-z
Abstract
This study responds to the challenge posed by Rossetti’s work to explore the antecedents and consequences of individual differences in happiness among priests and religious sisters. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was completed together with measures of personality and work-related psychological health by 95 priests and 61 religious sisters. Overall the data demonstrated high levels of personal happiness among priests and religious sisters, but also significant signs of vulnerability. Personality provided significant prediction of individual differences in both personal happiness and work-related psychological health. However, personal happiness provided additional protection against work-related emotional exhaustion and additional enhancement of work-related satisfaction. These findings suggest that acknowledging and affirming personal happiness may enhance the work-related psychological health of Catholic priests and religious sisters.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Psychological aspects -- Italy, Nuns -- Psychological aspects -- Italy, Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Italy | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Pastoral Psychology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0031-2789 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 67 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 17-32 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11089-017-0791-z | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 December 2017 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 October 2018 |
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