Health and Life Satisfaction of Roman Catholic Pastoral Workers: Private Prayer has a Greater Impact than Public Prayer

Studying 7390 Roman Catholic pastoral workers (42 % priests, 13 % deacons, 20 % pastoral assistants, 25 % parish expert workers), we intended to clarify (1) which forms of religious activities were practiced and were thus of importance to them, (2) whether these activities were related to their expe...

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Published in:Pastoral psychology
Authors: Büssing, Arndt 1962- (Author) ; Frick, Eckhard 1955- (Author) ; Jacobs, Christoph 1958- (Author) ; Baumann, Klaus 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2016
In: Pastoral psychology
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Pastoral workers
B Psychosomatic Medicine
B Satisfaction
B Pastoral Psychology
B Perception
B Life Satisfaction
B Stress (Psychology)
B Catholics
B Psychosomatic health
B Perception of the transcendent
B Prayer
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Summary:Studying 7390 Roman Catholic pastoral workers (42 % priests, 13 % deacons, 20 % pastoral assistants, 25 % parish expert workers), we intended to clarify (1) which forms of religious activities were practiced and were thus of importance to them, (2) whether these activities were related to their experience of the transcendent in daily life, and (3) and how these measures were related to their psychosomatic health, stress perception and life satisfaction. We found almost equal levels of the experience of the transcendent in daily life (DSES) and in private prayer, but there were differences, particularly with respect to public prayer forms (e.g., the Eucharist, Liturgy of the Hours). The frequency of spiritual practices showed either no significant or only some marginal associations with psychosomatic health, while DSES showed weak to moderate associations. This perception of transcendence was predicted best by private prayer and life satisfaction.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-015-0672-2