Predictive effect of injunctions on personality disorders in dysfunctional Catholic priests and religious sisters: a study using Millon's model and Transactional Analysis
The purpose of this study is to investigate the preference of different sets of injunctions - as measured by the Espero Questionnaire - in the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) psychopathology cluster subgroups in a sample of Catholic priests and religious sisters who had voluntari...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2014
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2014, Volume: 17, Issue: 8, Pages: 832-846 |
| Further subjects: | B
Priests
B Catholic Church B psychopathology subgroups B religious sisters |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study is to investigate the preference of different sets of injunctions - as measured by the Espero Questionnaire - in the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) psychopathology cluster subgroups in a sample of Catholic priests and religious sisters who had voluntarily sought therapy. A hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis was employed to identify high (n = 21), moderate (n = 32), and low (n = 38) MCMI-III psychopathology cluster subgroups. Members of the low psychopathology subgroup demonstrated a significantly lower numerical set of injunctions than high and moderate psychopathology subgroups. The high psychopathology subgroup reported a greater number of negative injunctions than the moderate psychopathology subgroup. The results suggest that priests and religious sisters who present fewer negative injunctions - those belonging to the low psychopathology subgroup - are generally well adjusted and socially skilled. Those who present more negative injunctions - those belonging to the high psychopathology subgroup - are more at risk for pathological tendencies. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2014.933407 |