Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing of Catholic Priests in Portugal: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Francis Burnout Inventory
Fabri, J.M.G., Francis, L.J., McKenna, U., Roldão, L.I.F., Pereira, E.R., Village, A. and Caldeira, S. (2025) Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing of Catholic Priests in Portugal: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Francis Burnout Inventory. Journal of Religion and Health. ISSN 0022-4197
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Abstract
The present study was designed to translate the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised into Portuguese and to test this translation among a snowball sample of 266 Catholic priests serving in Portugal (91% diocesan). The data demonstrated: good internal consistency reliability for the two scales proposed by this instrument (negative affect, α = .89 and positive affect, α = .89); support for the association with a measure of self-compassion; and support for the theory of balanced affect against a measure of thoughts of leaving ministry. The priests were found to display a high level of positive affect that masked a degree of negative affect, with a third of them reporting that fatigue and irritation were part of their daily experience.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Published by Springer in 2025. This is an author accepted manuscript of a published open access article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02275-w. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | balanced affect emotional exhaustion satisfaction in ministry clergy wellbeing |
Depositing User: | Ursula Mckenna |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2025 10:23 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2025 10:23 |
URI: | https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1222 |
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