The psychological type profile of practising Greek Orthodox churchgoers in London

Within the psychology of religion, there is growing interest in the theoretical and empirical contributions of psychological-type theory. For example, a series of studies, conducted using different measures of psychological type in several different cultural contexts, have begun to chart the psychol...

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Auteurs: Lewis, Christopher Alan (Auteur) ; Varvatsoulias, George (Auteur) ; Williams, Emyr (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Taylor & Francis 2012
Dans: Mental health, religion & culture
Année: 2012, Volume: 15, Numéro: 10, Pages: 979-986
Sujets non-standardisés:B Greek Orthodox Christians
B psychological type
B Francis Psychological-Type Scale
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Résumé:Within the psychology of religion, there is growing interest in the theoretical and empirical contributions of psychological-type theory. For example, a series of studies, conducted using different measures of psychological type in several different cultural contexts, have begun to chart the psychological-type profile of practising Christian churchgoers. The aim of the present study was to profile a sample of practising Greek Orthodox Christians in London. A sample of 105 practising Greek Orthodox churchgoers (49 males and 56 females) completed the Francis Psychological-Type Scales. The sample showed a preference for introversion over extraversion, for sensing over intuition, for thinking over feeling, and for judging over perceiving. Just under a third of the sample reported as being ISTJ (27% of men and 29% of women). While earlier research has revealed over-representation of feeling types among male Anglican churchgoers, the present study revealed over-representation of thinking types among female Orthodox churchgoers.
ISSN:1469-9737
Contient:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2012.720753