Students in Faith-Based Doctoral Psychology Programs: Religious/Spiritual Struggles Moderate the Effect of Distress from Clinical Work on Negative Affect
Objective: The present study assessed 96 doctoral psychology students at APA-accredited faith-based institutions to further understand the relationships between distress from clinical work, religious and spiritual (r/s) struggles, and negative affect. Based on past research it was hypothesized that...
| Published in: | Journal of psychology and theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-66 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Clinical psychology
/ Doctoral student
/ Christian
/ Work
/ Stress
/ Spirituality
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion CB Christian life; spirituality RG Pastoral care ZD Psychology |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Objective: The present study assessed 96 doctoral psychology students at APA-accredited faith-based institutions to further understand the relationships between distress from clinical work, religious and spiritual (r/s) struggles, and negative affect. Based on past research it was hypothesized that distress from clinical work would predict heightened r/s struggles and negative affect. Furthermore, we hypothesized r/s struggles would moderate the effect between distress from clinical work and negative affect. Findings were significant, and demonstrated that our population experienced heightened levels of distress from clinical work, r/s struggles, and negative affect compared to the normed populations. The relationships between distress from clinical work and r/s struggles as well as distress from clinical work and negative affect were significant. Religious and spiritual struggles further moderated the relationship in that those experiencing r/s struggles alongside distress from clinical work demonstrated a stronger relationship between distress from clinical work and negative affect. A more comprehensive discussion regarding these findings as well as the limitations, areas of future research, and implications for training are included in the following. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0091647117750657 |