Assessing clergy work-related psychological health: reliability and validity of the Francis Burnout Inventory

Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect, the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) conceptualised good work-related psychological health among clergy in terms of negative affect being balanced by positive affect. In the FBI negative affect is assessed by the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Minist...

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Published in:Mental health, religion & culture religion & culture, 2017-10, Vol.20 (9), p.911-921
Main Authors: Francis, Leslie J., Laycock, Patrick, Crea, Giuseppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Balanced affect
Burnout
Catholic priests
Clergy
exhaustion
Mental health care
purpose in life
Religion & psychology
satisfaction
Well being
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Summary:Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect, the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) conceptualised good work-related psychological health among clergy in terms of negative affect being balanced by positive affect. In the FBI negative affect is assessed by the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry (SEEM) and positive affect is assessed by the Satisfaction in Ministry Scale (SIMS). In support of the idea of balanced affect, previous work had shown a significant interaction between the effects of SEEM and SIMS scores, showing that the mitigating effects of positive affect on burnout increased with increasing levels of negative affect. In this paper a convenience sample of 155 priests serving with the Roman Catholic Church in Italy have been assessed on the Purpose in Life Scale (PILS) as an independent measure of well-being and concurrently on the two scales, SEEM and SIMS. Crucially for confirming the idea of balanced affect, there was a significant interaction between the effects of SEEM and SIMS scores on scores recorded on the PILS, confirming that the mitigating effects of satisfaction in ministry on purpose increased with increasing levels of emotional exhaustion.
ISSN:1367-4676
1469-9737
DOI:10.1080/13674676.2017.1373333