The psychological type profile of Anglican clergymen serving in Northern Ireland

Closer to Wales than to England

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ID19504499
AuthorsLeslie J Francis (0000-0003-2946-9980, University of Warwick, corresponding author), Peter Hamill (0009-0006-6243-608X, Church of Ireland), Andrew Village (0000-0002-2174-8822, York St John University)
Year2025
Pages1-11
Publication date2025-12-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13674676.2025.2507768
OpenAlexW4417149750
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited40

This study set out to examine the psychological type profile of Anglican clergymen serving within the Church of Ireland in Northern Ireland. A sample of 85 clergymen completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales. The data demonstrated a group of clergymen who prefer introversion (68%) over extraversion (32%), sensing (67%) over intuition (33%), feeling (60%) over thinking (40%), and judging (82%) over perceiving (18%). The two predominant types among this group of clergymen were ISFJ (25%) and ISTJ (19%). These findings are then set alongside previously published profiles of Anglican clergymen serving in England and Wales. While in England the majority preference on the perceiving process is for intuition, in both Northern Ireland and Wales it is for sensing

Extraversion and introversion · Feeling · Intuition · Northern ireland · Preference · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology

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