RT Article
T1 Psychological Temperament and the Catholic Priesthood: An Empirical Enquiry Among Priests in Italy
JF Pastoral psychology
VO 64
IS 6
SP 827
OP 837
A1 Francis, Leslie J. 1947-
A1 Crea, Giuseppe 1957-
LA English
PB Springer Science Business Media B. V.
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1565786335
AB This study draws on psychological type theory that has its origins in the work of Jung (1971) and psychological temperament theory as proposed by Keirsey and Bates (1978) to explore the psychological preferences and profile of Catholic priests serving in Italy. Data provided by 155 priests demonstrated an overwhelming preference for sensing and judging (SJ at 76 %), followed by intuition and feeling (NF at 12 %), intuition and thinking (NT at 8 %), and sensing and perceiving (SP at 5 %). In their study of styles of religious leadership, Oswald and Kroeger (1988) characterize the SJ preference as 'the conserving serving pastor.' The implications of these findings are discussed for leadership strengths and weaknesses in the Catholic Church.
K1 Catholic
K1 Catholic priests
K1 Clergy
K1 Empirical Research
K1 INTUITION (Psychology)
K1 Italy
K1 psychological type
K1 Psychology
K1 Religion
K1 Temperament
K1 THOUGHT & thinking
DO 10.1007/s11089-015-0661-5