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Leslie J. Francis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Psychological Type Profile of Roman Catholic Priests: An Empirical Enquiry in the United States
    Pastoral Psychology, 2013
    Co-Authors: James Burns, Leslie J. Francis, Andrew Village, Mandy Robbins
    Abstract:

    This study explores the psychological type profile of Roman Catholic priests serving in the United States, drawing on data provided by 55 priests who completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales. The data demonstrated clear preferences for introversion (67 %), sensing (64 %), and judging (91 %), and for a balance between thinking (49 %) and feeling (51 %). A very high proportion of priests reported preferences for ISTJ (27 %), compared with 16 % of men in the U.S. population. Implications of these findings are discussed for ministry in the Roman Catholic Church.

  • Psychological Type Preferences of Roman Catholic Priests in the United Kingdom.
    Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
    Co-Authors: Charlotte L. Craig, Bruce Duncan, Leslie J. Francis
    Abstract:

    This study explores the psychological type profile of Roman Catholic priests. A sample of 79 priests completed the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (Form G). The study shows that Roman Catholic priests tend to prefer introversion over extraversion, feeling over thinking and judging over perceiving. Near equal preferences are shown for sensing and intuition. The type preferences of Roman Catholic priests in the UK are compared and contrasted with the type preferences of Roman Catholic priests in the USA and Protestant clergy in the UK. These findings are explored within the context of the role of the priest within the Roman Catholic Church.

  • burnout among Roman Catholic parochial clergy in england and wales myth or reality
    Review of Religious Research, 2004
    Co-Authors: Leslie J. Francis, Stephen H Louden, Christopher J. F. Rutledge
    Abstract:

    A sample of 1,468 Roman Catholic parochial clergy in England and Wales completed a modified form of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, together with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. The data demonstrated higher levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization among Roman Catholic parochial clergy than were reported in a comparable study among Anglican parochial clergy by Rutledge and Francis (2003). Extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism scores are shown to be significant predictors of self-assessed burnout.

Christopher Ofordile - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Mandy Robbins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Psychological Type Profile of Roman Catholic Priests: An Empirical Enquiry in the United States
    Pastoral Psychology, 2013
    Co-Authors: James Burns, Leslie J. Francis, Andrew Village, Mandy Robbins
    Abstract:

    This study explores the psychological type profile of Roman Catholic priests serving in the United States, drawing on data provided by 55 priests who completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales. The data demonstrated clear preferences for introversion (67 %), sensing (64 %), and judging (91 %), and for a balance between thinking (49 %) and feeling (51 %). A very high proportion of priests reported preferences for ISTJ (27 %), compared with 16 % of men in the U.S. population. Implications of these findings are discussed for ministry in the Roman Catholic Church.

Thomas G. Plante - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Psychological Patterns Among Roman Catholic Clergy Accused of Sexual Misconduct
    Pastoral Psychology, 2005
    Co-Authors: Thomas G. Plante, Arianna Aldridge
    Abstract:

    A remarkable amount of international attention has focused on the sexual misconduct by Roman Catholic clergy in recent years. While the demographics and risk factor profiles of clergy sex offenders is now fairly well established, the psychological and personality profiles of these men are not. Very few empirical research studies have been published on the psychological and personality functioning of clergy who engage in sexual misconduct in the Catholic Church. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological profiles of 21 Roman Catholic clergy who have confronted credible accusations of sexual misconduct. Relative to national norms, MMPI-2 results suggest that these men tend to have profiles that were defensive, repressive, mistrustful, isolative, and irritable. Precautions and limitations of the current study, as well as implications for future research are offered.

  • Personality expectations and perceptions of Roman Catholic clergy members
    Pastoral Psychology, 1997
    Co-Authors: Thomas G. Plante, Marcus T. Boccaccini
    Abstract:

    This study examined the expectations of Roman Catholic priests' personality characteristics. Personality measures (i.e., Symptom Check List-90-Revised, Weinberger Adjustment Inventory, Belief in Personal Control Scale, and several authordesigned measures) were administered to 102 undergraduate students. The subjects' perceptions of Roman Catholic priests' personality traits were examined by having the subjects complete the Personality Adjective Checklist (PACL) describing a typical Roman Catholic priest. These scores were compared to PACL scores from 12 successful applicants to the priesthood. Findings suggest that subjects tend to view Roman Catholic priests stereotypically as authority figures and that Catholic subjects view priests more positively than do non-Catholic subjects.

  • personality and cognitive functioning among hospitalized sexual offending Roman Catholic priests
    Pastoral Psychology, 1996
    Co-Authors: Thomas G. Plante, Gerdenio Manuel, Curtis Bryant
    Abstract:

    A tremendous amount of media attention has been directed towards sexual abuse perpetrated by Roman Catholic priests in recent years. While there are countless research studies on both sexual abuse victims and perpetrators in the professional literature, very few have specifically investigated Roman Catholic priests who sexually abuse minors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of personality and cognitive variables among hospitalized sex offending Roman Catholic priests using specific MMPI-2, WAIS-R, and Halstead-Reitan measurements. Specifically, the role of defensive coping styles as measured by the L, K, O-H, and R scales of the MMPI-2 along with IQ scores from the WAIS-R and the Halstead impairment index were investigated. A total of 160 Roman Catholic priests (80 who sexually abused minors and 80 nonabusing control patients) hospitalized in a private psychiatric facility specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of clergy were evaluated. Results suggest that overcontrolled-hostility (O-H) was the most reliable predictor of group membership while Verbal IQ approached statistical significance. Implications for further research are offered.