Experience of Stress and Coping Strategies among Pastors’ Wives in China
A qualitative study was conducted to examine the experience of stress and coping strategies among 15 pastors’ wives from a city in mainland China. Results indicated that nearly all interviewees experienced financial stress and loneliness, a phenomenon consistent with that seen in literature in the W...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2018
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Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Year: 2018, Volume: 72, Issue: 3, Pages: 163-171 |
| Further subjects: | B
Qualitative methods
B clergy family coping B Clergy family stress B China B Three-Self Patriotic Movement churches |
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| Summary: | A qualitative study was conducted to examine the experience of stress and coping strategies among 15 pastors’ wives from a city in mainland China. Results indicated that nearly all interviewees experienced financial stress and loneliness, a phenomenon consistent with that seen in literature in the West. However, stress arising from role expectations among the spouses’ congregations was low. Most interviewees coped with stress through family and social support, as well as through praying. |
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| ISSN: | 2167-776X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1542305018782518 |