The Resilience of Clergywomen?: Gender and the Relationship between Occupational Distress and Mental Health among Congregational Leaders
Religious leaders face unique vocational challenges that place their mental health at risk. As the clergy as a profession has traditionally been male-dominated, clergywoman experience greater occupational stress than their clergymen colleagues, putting their mental health at additional risk. However...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Année: 2023, Volume: 62, Numéro: 1, Pages: 89-107 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
United Methodist Church (USA)
/ Ministère ecclésiastique
/ Femme
/ Poste de travail
/ Stress
/ Geschlechtersoziologie
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions KBQ Amérique du Nord KDD Église protestante RB Ministère ecclésiastique |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Occupational distress
B Dépression B Mental Health B Gender B Clergy |
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| Résumé: | Religious leaders face unique vocational challenges that place their mental health at risk. As the clergy as a profession has traditionally been male-dominated, clergywoman experience greater occupational stress than their clergymen colleagues, putting their mental health at additional risk. However, past research offers varied evidence on the gendered nature of clergy health, suggesting that clergywomen may be especially resilient to some difficulties of clergy work. Using panel data from the Clergy Health Initiative, a sample of United Methodist pastors from 2010 to 2021, this study examines clergy-specific occupational stress and its gendered relationship with depression. I find that, while clergywomen experience higher levels of occupational stress, the relationship between occupational stress and depression is weaker for clergywomen as compared to clergymen. This study thus offers a new perspective on the gendered nature of the pastorate: that clergywomen may be able to more effectively cope with vocational difficulties than clergymen. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12817 |