Discipline and Sex Differences in Religiosity and Spirituality among Health Care Professionals

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13655259
AutoresKevin J Flannelly (The HealthCare Chaplaincy, autor de correspondencia), Kathleen Galek (The HealthCare Chaplaincy)
Año2006
Volumen99
Número3
Páginas803-804
Fecha de publicación2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.99.3.803-804
PMID17305199
OpenAlexW2058134185
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas2

Significant discipline and sex differences were found among random samples of hospital chaplains, nurses, physicians, and social workers who were asked to rate their religiosity and spirituality. Chaplains were significantly higher and physicians were significantly lower than other disciplines in religiosity. Spirituality was higher than religiosity for all disciplines. Overall, women rated themselves higher on spirituality than men

Alternative medicine · Health care · Health professionals · Religiosity · Spirituality · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Spirituality and Leadership