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Assessing clergy work-related psychological health : reliability and validity of the Francis Burnout Inventory
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Francis, Leslie J., Laycock, Patrick and Crea, Giuseppe (2017) Assessing clergy work-related psychological health : reliability and validity of the Francis Burnout Inventory. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 20 (9). pp. 1-11. doi:10.1080/13674676.2017.1373333 ISSN 1367-4676.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2017.1373333
Abstract
Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect, the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) conceptualised good work-related psychological health among clergy in terms of negative affect being balanced by positive affect. In the FBI negative affect is assessed by the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry (SEEM) and positive affect is assessed by the Satisfaction in Ministry Scale (SIMS). In support of the idea of balanced affect, previous work had shown a significant interaction between the effects of SEEM and SIMS scores, showing that the mitigating effects of positive affect on burnout increased with increasing levels of negative affect. In this paper a convenience sample of 155 priests serving with the Roman Catholic Church in Italy have been assessed on the Purpose in Life Scale (PILS) as an independent measure of well-being and concurrently on the two scales, SEEM and SIMS. Crucially for confirming the idea of balanced affect, there was a significant interaction between the effects of SEEM and SIMS scores on scores recorded on the PILS, confirming that the mitigating effects of satisfaction in ministry on purpose increased with increasing levels of emotional exhaustion.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Psychology, Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Psychological aspects, Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Job satisfaction, Work -- Psychological aspects, Burn out (Psychology), Affect (Psychology) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Mental Health, Religion & Culture | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1367-4676 | ||||||
Official Date: | 16 October 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||||
Number: | 9 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-11 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13674676.2017.1373333 | ||||||
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: | 16 October 2018 |
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