Identifying personality features related to religious vocation: a comparison between seminarians and their peers using the NEO personality inventory (revised)
Do seminarians tend to exhibit a psychological structure that differs from that of their peers? Besides the ideals and motivations behind the religious call, are there personality factors that distinguish seminarians, and perhaps predispose them to choose this religious vocation? Building on previou...
| Published in: | Archive for the psychology of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications Ltd.
2010
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Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Priest
/ Catholic church
/ Vocation
/ Personality structure
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion CB Christian life; spirituality KDB Roman Catholic Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
religion and personality
Five Factor Model
vocational assessment
religion and spirituality
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| Summary: | Do seminarians tend to exhibit a psychological structure that differs from that of their peers? Besides the ideals and motivations behind the religious call, are there personality factors that distinguish seminarians, and perhaps predispose them to choose this religious vocation? Building on previous research with the use of NEO PI-R, and analyzing data obtained from 62 male seminarians and 49 male and 51 female psychology students, this study addresses this question. Significant differences were found on all personality factors except Neuroticism, with the seminarians most notably scoring higher on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness and lower on Openness to Experience. Besides confirming the usefulness of the Five Factor Model (FFM) for the study of religion, the results shed light on possible differences between religion and spirituality. |
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| ISSN: | 0084-6724 |
| Contains: | In: Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/157361210X500892 |