Religious Belief and Mental Health in Lay and Consecrated Italian Teachers

被引:30
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作者
Chirico, Francesco [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Sanit Polifunz, Milan, Italy
[2] Minist Interior, State Police Hlth Serv Dept, Rome, Italy
来源
JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH | 2017年 / 56卷 / 03期
关键词
Burnout; Job strain; Teacher; Clergy; Religion; STRESS; BURNOUT; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; CLERGY; PRAYER;
D O I
10.1007/s10943-016-0242-7
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
There is compelling evidence that teachers and clergy are stressful occupations. This study aimed to compare the rate of job strain and burnout among lay and consecrated teachers and to study the effect of religious coping on the mental health of these two groups. A cross-sectional survey study was carried out in Catholic kindergarten, preschool and primary schools of an Italian Congregation of nuns, in South Italy. The Italian versions of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educator Survey (MBI-ES) scale, of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and a study-specific questionnaire with sociodemographic variables and indicators of subjective (self-reported religiosity) and objective (prayer personal and church attendance) religiousness were used. Data were analyzed according to the guidelines for data processing and an analysis of the scales used. The participation rate of this study was 88 %. There was a significant difference between two groups in religiousness and job strain/burnout scores (lay teachers were the most affected group). Moreover, religiousness scores had a positive correlation with personal accomplishment, job satisfaction and perceived performance and a negative correlation with emotional exhaustion, turnover intention and morbidity psychiatric. Therefore, according to religious coping's research, prayer personal and church attendance can be recommended as two of the ways to prevent job strain and burnout in the teacher work.
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页码:839 / 851
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