Personality as Predictor of Religious Commitment and Spiritual Beliefs: Comparing Catholic Deacons and Men in Formation

Roman Catholic deacons (n = 1,349) and deacon candidates (n = 202), completed online measures of personality dimensions (i.e., HEXACO-60), religious commitment, spiritual transcendence beliefs, social desirability, and demographic variables. Social desirability tendencies did not impact responding f...

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Auteurs: Ferrari, Joseph R. 1956- (Auteur) ; Reed, Jordan (Auteur) ; Guerrero, Mayra (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge [2017]
Dans: Journal of spirituality in mental health
Année: 2017, Volume: 19, Numéro: 1, Pages: 20-33
RelBib Classification:AE Psychologie de la religion
KDB Église catholique romaine
RB Ministère ecclésiastique
Sujets non-standardisés:B HEXACO
B Roman Catholic deacons
B Religious Commitment
B spiritual transcendence
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:Roman Catholic deacons (n = 1,349) and deacon candidates (n = 202), completed online measures of personality dimensions (i.e., HEXACO-60), religious commitment, spiritual transcendence beliefs, social desirability, and demographic variables. Social desirability tendencies did not impact responding for deacons or candidates. For candidates and deacons, honesty-humility and extraversion personality dimensions were significant predictors of religious commitment, and extraversion and openness to experience were significant predictors of spiritual beliefs of connectedness to others. Moreover, for deacons but not candidates, all personality dimensions significantly predicted at least one religiosity or spiritual belief. Implications for Catholic deacons and candidates for ordination are discussed.
Description:19.2017, 1-4 ist in einem zusammengebundenen Band erschienen
ISSN:1934-9645
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of spirituality in mental health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/19349637.2016.1193405