Keith Wulff
Biographic Data
| ID | 3894524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith Wulff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith |
| FAMILY NAME | Wulff |
| SIGNATURE | WULFF K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Union Presbyterian Seminary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 159 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Assessing the Effectiveness of Support Strategies in Reducing Professional Burnout Among Clergy Serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA)
The pastoral care and support of the clergy is an issue of growing concern to denominational leaders in the light of reported levels of stress in ministry, sickness, and early retirement. Drawing on the balanced affect model of professional burnout proposed by the Francis Burnout Inventory and the dimensional model of personality proposed by the abbreviated Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised, this study assesses the effectiveness of five s…
Are Pastors the Cause of the Loss of Church Membership
Work-Related Psychological Health among Clergy Serving in the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect, the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) conceptualises good work-related psychological health among clergy in terms of negative affect being balanced by positive affect. In a random sample of 744 clergy (539 clergymen and 205 clergywomen) serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA), negative affect was assessed by the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry (SEEM) and positive affect was assessed by the…
The Relationship between Work-Related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Clergy Serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA)
This study examines the relationship between work-related psychological health and the Jungian model of psychological type among a sample of 748 clergy serving within The Presbyterian Church (USA). Psychological type was assessed by the Francis Psychological Type Scales which provide classification in terms of orientation (extraversion or introversion), perceiving (sensing or intuition), judging (thinking or feeling) and attitude toward the outer…
The gender ratio in the pews
Women participate in congregations in larger numbers and to a greater extent than men do. This study addresses two linked questions: (1) how do female worshipers differ from male worshipers; and (2) if female worshipers have a distinct profile, what might be the organizational consequences of the gender imbalance on congregations? Based on a national random sample of 111,475 worshipers in 434 congregations in the USA, the analysis demonstrates th…
What do we think about our future and does it matter
Worshipers in a national random sample of 309 conservative and mainline Protestant congregations in the USA completed surveys during religious services in 2001. An index was created to capture a dimension of congregational identity: worshipers’ vision for their congregation’s future and their commitment to it. Results show that worshipers in conservative Protestant congregations are more optimistic about their congregation’s future than worshiper…
Fast‐growing churches
The 400 fastest‐growing churches (based on the percentage change in average worship attendance in the previous five years) in the Presbyterian Church (USA), a mainline Protestant denomination, were invited to take part in the US Congregational Life Survey. Completed surveys were received from 19,033 worshipers in 93 fast‐growing churches. These fast‐growing churches were compared to a random sample of 523 PC(USA) churches that also took part in t…
Research
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between church-based social support and satisfaction with health. In the process, an effort was made to see why these constructs may be related. Feelings of belonging in a congregation figured prominently in this respect. Findings from a nationwide survey reveal that people who receive emotional support from their fellow church members tended to feel they belonged in their congregation, and…
Friendship Ties in the Church and Depressive Symptoms
Religious Doubt and Health
The purpose of this study is to test wo hypotheses about therelationship between reli~ous doubt and health. The first hypothesis specifies that people wh have more doubts about their faith wiU be less satisfied with their health, and experience more symptoms of depression than individuals who have fewer doubts about their r ligious beliefs. The second hypothesis states that the potentiaUy deleterious effects of reli~ous doubt will be greater for …
Religious Coping Among the Religious
This study examined whether the relationships between religious coping and well-being are moderated by the salience of religion to the individual's identity and social roles. As part of a national survey of Presbyterians, 1,260 clergy, 823 elders, and 735 members completed measures of demographic variables, global religiousness, life stressors, positive and negative religious coping, and well-being (positive affect, depressive affect, religious s…
Aging, Religious Doubt, and Psychological Well-Being
The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) To see whether religious doubt is related to psychological well-being and (b) to test for age differences in the relationship between these constructs. The data come from a national sample of Presbyterians. The findings suggest that doubt is associated with greater psychological distress and diminished feelings of well-being. Moreover, the results reveal that the deleterious effects of doubt are greater f…
Church-Based Emotional Support, Negative Interaction, and Psychological Well-Being
The purpose of this study is examine the relationships between church-based emotional support, negative interaction, and psychological well-being among clergy, elders, and rank-and-file members of the Presbyterian Church USA. Based on identity theory, it is proposed that clergy will receive more emotional support and encounter more negative interaction than others in the church. It is further hypothesized that the impact of emotional support and …
Regulation of Scientific Inquiry
Research
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between church-based social support and satisfaction with health. In the process, an effort was made to see why these constructs may be related. Feelings of belonging in a congregation figured prominently in this respect. Findings from a nationwide survey reveal that people who receive emotional support from their fellow church members tended to feel they belonged in their congregation, and…
Religious Coping Among the Religious
This study examined whether the relationships between religious coping and well-being are moderated by the salience of religion to the individual's identity and social roles. As part of a national survey of Presbyterians, 1,260 clergy, 823 elders, and 735 members completed measures of demographic variables, global religiousness, life stressors, positive and negative religious coping, and well-being (positive affect, depressive affect, religious s…
Church-Based Emotional Support, Negative Interaction, and Psychological Well-Being
The purpose of this study is examine the relationships between church-based emotional support, negative interaction, and psychological well-being among clergy, elders, and rank-and-file members of the Presbyterian Church USA. Based on identity theory, it is proposed that clergy will receive more emotional support and encounter more negative interaction than others in the church. It is further hypothesized that the impact of emotional support and …
Religious Doubt and Health
The purpose of this study is to test wo hypotheses about therelationship between reli~ous doubt and health. The first hypothesis specifies that people wh have more doubts about their faith wiU be less satisfied with their health, and experience more symptoms of depression than individuals who have fewer doubts about their r ligious beliefs. The second hypothesis states that the potentiaUy deleterious effects of reli~ous doubt will be greater for …
Friendship Ties in the Church and Depressive Symptoms
Work-Related Psychological Health among Clergy Serving in the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect, the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) conceptualises good work-related psychological health among clergy in terms of negative affect being balanced by positive affect. In a random sample of 744 clergy (539 clergymen and 205 clergywomen) serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA), negative affect was assessed by the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry (SEEM) and positive affect was assessed by the…
Are Pastors the Cause of the Loss of Church Membership
Regulation of Scientific Inquiry
Church-Based Emotional Support, Negative Interaction, and Psychological Well-Being
The purpose of this study is examine the relationships between church-based emotional support, negative interaction, and psychological well-being among clergy, elders, and rank-and-file members of the Presbyterian Church USA. Based on identity theory, it is proposed that clergy will receive more emotional support and encounter more negative interaction than others in the church. It is further hypothesized that the impact of emotional support and …
Aging, Religious Doubt, and Psychological Well-Being
The purpose of this study is twofold: (a) To see whether religious doubt is related to psychological well-being and (b) to test for age differences in the relationship between these constructs. The data come from a national sample of Presbyterians. The findings suggest that doubt is associated with greater psychological distress and diminished feelings of well-being. Moreover, the results reveal that the deleterious effects of doubt are greater f…
Religious Coping Among the Religious
This study examined whether the relationships between religious coping and well-being are moderated by the salience of religion to the individual's identity and social roles. As part of a national survey of Presbyterians, 1,260 clergy, 823 elders, and 735 members completed measures of demographic variables, global religiousness, life stressors, positive and negative religious coping, and well-being (positive affect, depressive affect, religious s…
Religious Doubt and Health
The purpose of this study is to test wo hypotheses about therelationship between reli~ous doubt and health. The first hypothesis specifies that people wh have more doubts about their faith wiU be less satisfied with their health, and experience more symptoms of depression than individuals who have fewer doubts about their r ligious beliefs. The second hypothesis states that the potentiaUy deleterious effects of reli~ous doubt will be greater for …
Research
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between church-based social support and satisfaction with health. In the process, an effort was made to see why these constructs may be related. Feelings of belonging in a congregation figured prominently in this respect. Findings from a nationwide survey reveal that people who receive emotional support from their fellow church members tended to feel they belonged in their congregation, and…
Friendship Ties in the Church and Depressive Symptoms
The gender ratio in the pews
Women participate in congregations in larger numbers and to a greater extent than men do. This study addresses two linked questions: (1) how do female worshipers differ from male worshipers; and (2) if female worshipers have a distinct profile, what might be the organizational consequences of the gender imbalance on congregations? Based on a national random sample of 111,475 worshipers in 434 congregations in the USA, the analysis demonstrates th…
What do we think about our future and does it matter
Worshipers in a national random sample of 309 conservative and mainline Protestant congregations in the USA completed surveys during religious services in 2001. An index was created to capture a dimension of congregational identity: worshipers’ vision for their congregation’s future and their commitment to it. Results show that worshipers in conservative Protestant congregations are more optimistic about their congregation’s future than worshiper…
Fast‐growing churches
The 400 fastest‐growing churches (based on the percentage change in average worship attendance in the previous five years) in the Presbyterian Church (USA), a mainline Protestant denomination, were invited to take part in the US Congregational Life Survey. Completed surveys were received from 19,033 worshipers in 93 fast‐growing churches. These fast‐growing churches were compared to a random sample of 523 PC(USA) churches that also took part in t…
The Relationship between Work-Related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Clergy Serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA)
This study examines the relationship between work-related psychological health and the Jungian model of psychological type among a sample of 748 clergy serving within The Presbyterian Church (USA). Psychological type was assessed by the Francis Psychological Type Scales which provide classification in terms of orientation (extraversion or introversion), perceiving (sensing or intuition), judging (thinking or feeling) and attitude toward the outer…
Are Pastors the Cause of the Loss of Church Membership
Work-Related Psychological Health among Clergy Serving in the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Drawing on the classic model of balanced affect, the Francis Burnout Inventory (FBI) conceptualises good work-related psychological health among clergy in terms of negative affect being balanced by positive affect. In a random sample of 744 clergy (539 clergymen and 205 clergywomen) serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA), negative affect was assessed by the Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry (SEEM) and positive affect was assessed by the…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Support Strategies in Reducing Professional Burnout Among Clergy Serving in The Presbyterian Church (USA)
The pastoral care and support of the clergy is an issue of growing concern to denominational leaders in the light of reported levels of stress in ministry, sickness, and early retirement. Drawing on the balanced affect model of professional burnout proposed by the Francis Burnout Inventory and the dimensional model of personality proposed by the abbreviated Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised, this study assesses the effectiveness of five s…
Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Political science (4 works)