RT Article
T1 Psychological type profile of Protestant church leaders in Australia: are clergymen and clergywomen different?
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 18
IS 7
SP 576
OP 585
A1 Robbins, Mandy
A1 Powell, Ruth
A2 Powell, Ruth
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1838993673
AB A sample of 120 clergywomen and 436 clergymen from Protestant denominations in Australia participated in the 2011 National Church Life Survey completing form LS2 that included the Francis Psychological Type Scales, an operationalisation of psychological type theory. The type profiles of the clergymen and clergywomen are compared, and demonstrate only one difference, clergywomen are significantly more likely to report a feeling preference than clergymen but the difference is not strong. The type profiles of the clergy are compared to the Australian population norms and, in the case of both men and women, found to be different. The personality profiles of clergymen and clergywomen have more in common based on being clergy, rather than being either male or female. The implications of these findings for the ministry and mission of Protestant denominations in Australia are discussed.
K1 Clergymen
K1 Clergywomen
K1 Personality
K1 psychological type
K1 Religion
DO 10.1080/13674676.2014.963997