Churchmanship and Personality among Clergymen in the Church in Wales

Are Anglo-Catholic Priests More Feminine

Bibliographic Data

ID20483963
AuthorsLeslie J Francis (0000-0003-2946-9980, a) The University of Warwick, UK b) The St Mary’s Centre, Wales, UK, corresponding author), Keith Littler (a) The University of Warwick, UK b) The St Mary’s Centre, Wales, UK)
Year2012
Volume25
Issue2
Pages236-245
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Empirical Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0922-2936 • E-ISSN: 1570-9256
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15709256-12341248
OpenAlexW2067057716
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

The aim of the present study is to develop and test a new measure of Anglo-Catholic orientation capable of assessing the extent of the continuing influence of the Anglican-Catholic movement among Anglican clergy and useful for testing theories regarding the association between Anglo-Catholic orientation and personality. Data provided by a sample of 232 clergymen serving in the Church in Wales support the internal consistency reliability of the 21-item Francis-Littler Anglo-Catholic Orientation Scale, and, in terms of the Eysenckian dimensional model of personality, demonstrate that Anglo-Catholic orientation is associated with higher levels of psychological femininity as assessed by the neuroticism scale, but not as assessed by the psychoticism scale

Big Five personality traits · Extraversion and introversion · Geography · History of religions · Internal consistency · Neuroticism · Personality · Psychometrics · Psychoticism · Religious orientation · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology

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