Psychological Temperament and the Catholic Priesthood: An Empirical Enquiry Among Priests in Italy
This study draws on psychological type theory that has its origins in the work of Jung (1971) and psychological temperament theory as proposed by Keirsey and Bates (1978) to explore the psychological preferences and profile of Catholic priests serving in Italy. Data provided by 155 priests demonstra...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
2015
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Pastoral psychology
Jahr: 2015, Band: 64, Heft: 6, Seiten: 827-837 |
| RelBib Classification: | KBJ Italien KDB Katholische Kirche RB Kirchliches Amt; Gemeinde ZD Psychologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
THOUGHT & thinking
B Catholic B psychological type B Psychology B Religion B Italy B Temperament B Clergy B Empirical Research B Catholic priests B INTUITION (Psychology) |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This study draws on psychological type theory that has its origins in the work of Jung (1971) and psychological temperament theory as proposed by Keirsey and Bates (1978) to explore the psychological preferences and profile of Catholic priests serving in Italy. Data provided by 155 priests demonstrated an overwhelming preference for sensing and judging (SJ at 76 %), followed by intuition and feeling (NF at 12 %), intuition and thinking (NT at 8 %), and sensing and perceiving (SP at 5 %). In their study of styles of religious leadership, Oswald and Kroeger (1988) characterize the SJ preference as 'the conserving serving pastor.' The implications of these findings are discussed for leadership strengths and weaknesses in the Catholic Church. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-015-0661-5 |