Evaluating Attitudes toward Clergy Restoration: The Psychometric Properties of Two Scales

Restoring clergy to leadership following a transgression is a pastoral psychology topic of international concern. Few empirical studies have examined factors weighed by offended congregants challenged with considerations of forgiveness and restoration. The purpose of this study was to assess the val...

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Published in:Pastoral psychology 2013-12, Vol.62 (6), p.859-871
Main Authors: Sutton, Geoffrey W., Jordan, Kayla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clergy
Clinical Psychology
Cross Cultural Psychology
Forgiveness
Leadership
Psychology
Psychometric properties
Reliability
Religious congregations
Religious Studies
Sociology
Spirituality
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Summary:Restoring clergy to leadership following a transgression is a pastoral psychology topic of international concern. Few empirical studies have examined factors weighed by offended congregants challenged with considerations of forgiveness and restoration. The purpose of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of two attitudinal measures of restoration used in previous research (Sutton, McLeland, Weaks, Cogswell and Miphouvieng. Pastoral Psychology , 55, 643–663, 2007 ; Sutton and Thomas 2004 ; Sutton and Thomas. Pastoral Psychology , 53, 583–599, 2005a ). Analysis (sample n  = 210) of the Clergy Situational Restoration Inventory (CSRI) suggested two levels of offense severity account for most of the variance. Reliability and concurrent validity values for the CSRI and the two Leadership Restoration Scales (LRS) were adequate. We included the scales for future research and reference.
ISSN:0031-2789
1573-6679
DOI:10.1007/s11089-013-0527-7