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Clinical assessment of a profession: Roman catholic clergymen
Author(s) -
Kennedy Eugene C.,
Heckler Victor J.,
Kobler Frank J.,
Walker Ronald E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197701)33:1+<120::aid-jclp2270330124>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , clinical psychology , psychological testing , sample (material) , medical education , social psychology , medicine , chemistry , chromatography
Abstract The present study investigated the personality of the American Catholic priest by means of clinical procedures. It is based on a national randomly selected, representative sample. Recorded 2‐hour clinical interviews plus a battery of standardized as well as specially designed psychological tests were administered to 271 S s. A clinical report was written for each priest based on all the interview data. Four categories or types of classification were devised to describe and to distinguish the priests along a continuum of socio‐psychological development: maldeveloped (8%), underdeveloped (57%), developing (29%), and developed (6%).