Work-Related Psychological Health Among Clergy Serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA): Testing the Idea of Balanced Affect |
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Authors: | Leslie J Francis Andrew Village Mandy Robbins Keith Wulff |
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Institution: | (1) Warwick Religions & Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK;(2) York St John University, York, North Yorkshire, UK;(3) Presbyterian Research Services, Louisville, KY, USA |
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Abstract: | Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect, the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) conceptualises good work-related psychological
health among clergy in terms of negative affect being balanced by positive affect. In a random sample of 744 clergy (539 clergymen
and 205 clergywomen) serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA), negative affect was assessed by the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion
in Ministry (SEEM) and positive affect was assessed by the Satisfaction in Ministry Scale (SIMS). At the same time, burnout
was independently assessed using self-report measures of overall health and burnout, and by the extraversion and neuroticism
scales of Eysenck’s dimensional model of personality. These independent measures of burnout indicated higher burnout among
those who were emotionally exhausted and lower burnout among those who had high levels of satisfaction with their ministry.
Crucially for proving the idea of balanced affect, there was a significant interaction between the effects of SEEM and SIMS
scores on these independent measures of burnout, showing that the mitigating effects of positive affect on burnout increased
with increasing levels of negative affect. |
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