Engaging the AQ10 to predict professional burnout or poor work-related psychological wellbeing among Anglican clergy in Wales
Francis, L.J., Sailer, A.B., Payne, V.J. and McKenna, U. (2024) Engaging the AQ10 to predict professional burnout or poor work-related psychological wellbeing among Anglican clergy in Wales. Journal of Religion and Health. ISSN 0022-4197
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Abstract
The ten-item Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ10) is a self-report instrument originally designed to identify referrals for professional diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Recent studies suggest that this instrument may also be tapping more generalised affective disorders. Working with this interpretation, this study examines the predictive power of the AQ10 to account for additional variance, after personal and personality factors have been taken into account, on the two scales of the Francis Burnout Inventory. Data provided by 220 Anglican clergy serving in Wales demonstrated that 8.6% of the participants recorded six or more red flags on the AQ10 (and so qualified for referral for specialist diagnostic assessment) and that higher scores on the AQ10 are associated with significantly lower levels of satisfaction in ministry and with significantly higher levels of emotional exhaustion in ministry. These data suggest that screening with the AQ10 may be helpful in identifying clergy vulnerable to professional burnout and to poor work-related psychological wellbeing, in addition to its primary purpose of screening for ASD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2024. This is the final version of an article published open access under a CC BY licence by Springer in the Journal of Religion and Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
| Keywords: | Clergy studies, Burnout, Affective disorders, Autism Personality |
| Divisions: | School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Ursula Mckenna |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2024 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2024 13:35 |
| URI: | https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1092 |
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