Personality and work-related psychological health of Church of England clergy (2798)

Type of Data: Personality and work-related psychological health of Church of England clergy (2798)

Faith Community: Christianity (Church of England)

Date: 2004

Geography: England

Sample Size: 722 (47% response)

Population: Church of England clergy responsible for three or more rural churches excluding those working in team ministries

Keywords: Administration, anxiety, burnout, churchmanship, clergy, commitment, coping, developmental issues, emotional exhaustion, escape-avoidance, frustration, God, happiness, irritation, isolation, job satisfaction, logistics, ministry, multi-tasking, parish conflicts, personality, positive reappraisal, problem solving, psychological health, psychological type, responsibility, role conflict, self-control, social support, stress, well-being

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Christine E. Brewster

Published Source:

Christine E. Brewster, 'Rural Clergy Today: A Survey of Personality, Coping Strategies and Work-Related Psychological Health amongst Church of England Clergy in Multi-Church Parishes', University of Wales, Bangor Ph.D. thesis, 2007

Christine E. Brewster, 'How Happy are Rural Anglican Clergy?', Rural Theology, Vol. 6, 2008, pp. 43-53 and Rural Life and Rural Church: Theological and Empirical Perspectives, eds Leslie John Francis and Mandy Robbins, Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2012, pp. 325-36

Christine E. Brewster, Leslie John Francis and Mandy Robbins, 'Maintaining a Public Ministry in Rural England: Work-Related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Anglican Clergy Serving in Multi-Church Benefices', The Public Significance of Religion, eds Leslie John Francis and Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Leiden: Brill, 2011, pp. 241-65

Christine E. Brewster, Leslie John Francis and Mandy Robbins, 'In Ordained Ministry There is Neither Male Nor Female? The Personality Profile of Male and Female Anglican Clergy Engaged in Multi-Parish Rural Ministry', Archive for the Psychology of Religion, Vol. 33, 2011, pp. 241-51

Christine E. Brewster, 'The Fate of the Rural Anglican Clergy: Caring for More Churches and Experiencing Higher Levels of Stress', Religious Identity and National Heritage: Empirical-Theological Perspectives, eds Francis-Vincent Anthony and Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Leiden: Brill, 2012, pp. 149-69

Christine E. Brewster, 'Ways of Coping in Rural Ministry', Rural Theology, Vol. 10, 2012, pp. 70-105

Leslie John Francis and Christine E. Brewster, 'Stress from Time-Related Over-Extension in Multi-Parish Benefices', Rural Theology, Vol. 10, 2012, pp. 161-78

Christine E. Brewster, 'Religious Coping Among Rural Clergy: Measuring Ways in Which Rural Clergy Draw on Coping Strategies Informed by Their Theological Beliefs', Journal of Empirical Theology, Vol. 27, 2014, pp. 85-102

Christine E. Brewster, ‘Churchmanship and Personal Happiness: A Study among Rural Anglican Clergy’, Rural Theology, Vol. 13, 2015, pp. 124-34

Christine E. Brewster, Leslie John Francis, Mandy Robbins, and Gemma Penny, ‘Dimensions of Personality and Preferred Ways of Coping: An Empirical Enquiry among Rural Anglican Clergy’, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 26, 2015, pp. 198-217

Leslie John Francis, Patrick Laycock, and Christine E. Brewster, ‘The Burdens of Rural Ministry: Identifying and Exploring the Correlates of Five Causes of Stress among Rural Anglican Clergy Serving in Multi-Parish Benefices’, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 26, 2015, pp. 218-46

 Christine E. Brewster, Stress and Coping Strategies among Rural Clergy: A Quantitative Survey, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2015

Leslie John Francis, Patrick Laycock, and Christine E. Brewster, ‘Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing: Testing the Balanced Affect Model among Anglican Clergy’, Religions, Vol. 8, No. 7, 2017, article 118

 Leslie John Francis, Patrick Laycock, and Christine E. Brewster, ‘Exploring the Factor Structure of the Francis Psychological Type Scales among a Sample of Anglican Clergy in England’, Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, Vol. 20, 2017, pp. 930-41

BRIN ID: 2798

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Posted by: Clive D. Field

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