Mental health state and quality of religious lifestyle of SVD priests in Indonesia

Date of Publication

1992

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Psychology

Subject Categories

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Thesis Adviser

Dr. Gundelina Velazco

Defense Panel Chair

Dr. Rose Marie S. Clemena,

Defense Panel Member

Dr. Salud Evangelista
Dr. Conchita Umali

Abstract/Summary

This study attempts to find out the relationship between mental health state of the Indonesian SVD Priests and their quality of religious lifestyle. Descriptive correlational research design was employed in this study. The subjects were from three of four SVD Provinces in Indonesia which consisted of 127 out of total of 243 SVD Priests. The mental Health Pictograph Questionnaire and Religious Life Self-Evaluation Questionnaire were used to find out if there is a relationship between mental health state and quality of religious lifestyle of Indonesian SVD Priests. Mental health state is composed of five stages of adaptability and seven behavior characteristics such as physical condition, mood state, thought process, activity, organization/control, interpersonal behavior, and tension. Religious lifestyle is composed of the elements of vows, prayer, community life, and ministry. The statistical techniques used were Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and Fisher'Z transformation. The findings of this study revealed that there was a significant relationship between mental health state and quality of religious lifestyle of the Indonesian SVD Priests. The findings indicated that the relationship was not moderated by province, residence, kind of work, citizenship, and length of work. The results of the Mental Health Pictograph Questionnaire and Religious Life Self-Evaluation Questionnaire indicated that:

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TG02457

Shelf Location

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

Physical Description

180 leaves

Keywords

Mental health; Monastic and religious life; Priests; Society of the Divine Word (SVD)

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