The Relationship Between Work-Related Stress and Boundary-Related Stress Within the Clerical Profession |
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| Authors: | Carl R Wells Janice Probst Robert McKeown Stephanie Mitchem Han Whiejong |
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| Institution: | (1) University of South Carolina, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, 1600 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA;(2) 2900 Hobkirk Rd., Columbia, SC 29223, USA;(3) University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Health Services Policy Management, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA;(4) University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Epidemilogy and Biostatics, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA;(5) University of South Carolina, Department of Religious Studies Rutledge College, Columbia, SC 29208, USA;(6) University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Health Services Policy Management, 800 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA |
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| Abstract: | The concepts of work-to-family conflict and family-to-work conflict have been studied extensively in recent years. We propose
a different means of understanding clergy work and family stressors because the boundaries between family and work are blurred
within the clerical profession. We suggest, therefore, that the stressors associated with ordained ministry can be better
analyzed if separated into two related, but distinct categories: (1) stressors stemming from the demands of the work (work-related
stress) and (2) stressors stemming from the way the work impinges upon clerical family boundaries (boundary-related stress).
Utilizing the Pulpit and Pew Clergy Leadership Survey of 2001, we explore the association between these two forms of stress.
Correlation analysis and simple and multiple regression models are used. A strong association between work-related stress
and boundary-related stress is detected; length of time spent in the profession is related to reduced levels of boundary-
and work-related stress. |
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