Happiness Matters: Exploring the Linkages between Personality, Personal Happiness, and Work-Related Psychological Health among Priests and Sisters in Italy

This study responds to the challenge posed by Rossetti's work to explore the antecedents and consequences of individual differences in happiness among priests and religious sisters. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was completed together with measures of personality and work-related psycholog...

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Auteurs: Francis, Leslie J. 1947- (Auteur) ; Crea, Giuseppe 1957- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2018]
Dans: Pastoral psychology
Année: 2018, Volume: 67, Numéro: 1, Pages: 17-32
RelBib Classification:KCA Monachisme; ordres religieux
KDB Église catholique romaine
RB Ministère ecclésiastique
RG Aide spirituelle; pastorale
ZD Psychologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Burnout
B Psychology
B Nuns
B Personality
B Clergy
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Résumé:This study responds to the challenge posed by Rossetti's work to explore the antecedents and consequences of individual differences in happiness among priests and religious sisters. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was completed together with measures of personality and work-related psychological health by 95 priests and 61 religious sisters. Overall, the data demonstrated high levels of personal happiness among priests and religious sisters but also significant signs of vulnerability. Personality provided significant prediction of individual differences in both personal happiness and work-related psychological health. However, personal happiness provided additional protection against work-related emotional exhaustion and additional enhancement of work-related satisfaction. These findings suggest that acknowledging and affirming personal happiness may enhance the work-related psychological health of Catholic priests and religious sisters.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contient:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-017-0791-z