Spiritual wellness of priests

Date of Publication

1997

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Abstract/Summary

The study explores the spiritual wellness of priests in parishes, chaplains and formators: their level of spiritua wellness if there are differences between the groups and possible predictors of spiritual wellness in the groups. Using convenient sampling, 116 priests became part of the study, 50 of which are priests in parishes, 42 are formators and 24 are chaplains. The priests were tested using the Spiritual Wellness Scale (Catapang et al., 1996). Results show that spiritual wellness of priests is above average. Priests in parishes are significantly lower in their level of spiritual wellness, as compared with chaplains and formators F(2, 113) = 3.07, two-tailed, p.<.05. Also, chaplains and formators are significantly higher in their relationships with the self, others, God than priests in parishes F(2, 113) = 3.07, two-tailed, p<.05. Such differences may be due to differences in workload, time for personal development, exposure to human experiences. It was also found that among priests in parishes, spiritual wellness declines with age (r = - .3128). Such might be caused by the pressures of their calling. Among formators, spiritual wellness lowers as years of service in present assignment increases (r = .-3215), probably caused by the work that becomes montonous as they stay long in their assignment.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU07739

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

71 leaves ; Computer printout

Keywords

Christian life; Monastic and religious life

Embargo Period

1-24-2021

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