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

Bibliographic Data

ID13655259
AuthorsKevin J Flannelly (The HealthCare Chaplaincy, corresponding author), Kathleen Galek (The HealthCare Chaplaincy)
Year2006
Volume99
Issue3
Pages803-804
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.99.3.803-804
PMID17305199
OpenAlexW2058134185
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited2

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