The Relationship Between Recalled Self-esteem as a Child and Current Levels of Professional Burnout among Anglican Clergy in England |
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Authors: | Leslie J Francis Mandy Robbins Jenny Rolph Douglas Turton Paul Rolph |
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Institution: | (1) Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit Institute of Education, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK;(2) St Mary’s Centre, St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, CH5 3DF, UK |
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Abstract: | This study links and tests three strands of theory concerned with explaining individual differences in levels of professional
burnout in general and among religious professionals in particular. These three strands concern the significance of current
self-esteem, recalled self-esteem as a child, and personality. Data were provided by a sample of 1,278 male stipendiary parochial
clergy working in the Church of England who completed the modified Maslach Burnout Inventory (specially designed for use among
clergy), and the short-form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (designed to measure the personality dimensions of extraversion,
neuroticism and psychoticism), together with a semantic differential index of recalled self-esteem as a child. The bivariate
correlation coefficients demonstrated significant associations between more positive self-esteem as a child and lower levels
of professional burnout (higher personal accomplishment, lower emotional exhaustion and lower depersonalisation). The bivariate
correlation coefficients also demonstrated significant associations between personality and professional burnout. Multiple
regression analyses, however, demonstrated that the association between recalled self-esteem as a child and professional burnout
largely disappeared after controlling for the personality variables. The conclusion is drawn that knowledge about the personality
profile of clergy functions as a more secure predictor of susceptibility to professional burnout than knowledge about recalled
self-esteem as a child. |
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