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Understanding stress and quality of life for clergy and clergy spouses
Author(s) -
Darling Carol Anderson,
Hill E. Wayne,
McWey Lenore M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.1031
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , spouse , social psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , sociology , anthropology
To better understand the stress and quality of life of clergy and clergy spouses, a survey research design was utilized involving a random sample of clergy. Of the 436 respondents involved in this study there were 259 clergy who were employed full‐time and 177 clergy spouses. Various scales related to Family Stress Theory and the ABC‐X model were used in this investigation. Whereas clergy spouses had greater psychological and physiological stress than clergy, clergy had a greater sense of coherence and spiritual resources. Clergy spouses, however had a greater level of coping. Findings indicated that for both clergy and clergy spouses spiritual resources had the greatest total effect on their quality of life. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.