Exploring connections between prayer preferences and psychological type or temperament:Introducing the Durham Indices of Prayer Preferences (DIPPs)

Francis, L.J., Cook, C.C.H and McKenna, U. (2025) Exploring connections between prayer preferences and psychological type or temperament:Introducing the Durham Indices of Prayer Preferences (DIPPs). Mental Health, Religion and Culture. ISSN 1367-4676

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Abstract

Building on earlier research concerned with connections between prayer preferences and psychological type or temperament, the present study focused specifically on prayer preferences associated with the orientations (extraversion and introversion) and the attitudes (judging and perceiving). Drawing on data provided by 207 Anglican and Methodist ministry training candidates this study proposed and tested the Durham Indices of Prayer Preferences (DIPPs), comprising four eight-item scales of extraversion prayer preference, introversion prayer preference, judging prayer preference, and sensing prayer preference. Each scale demonstrated good properties of internal consistency reliability and construct validity tested against the psychological type preferences of the participants as assessed by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published by Taylor & Francis in 2025. This is an author accepted manuscript of a published open access article available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2024.2397349. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	psychological type prayer spirituality temperament psychometrics clergy
Depositing User:	Ursula Mckenna
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2024 09:17
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2025 09:22
URI:	https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1172

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