Are Charismatic Ministers Less Stable? A Study among Male Anglican Clergy

A sample of 222 male clergy within the Church in Wales completed the short form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, together with an index of charismatic experience. Contrary to theoretical expectations, charismatic experience was correlated negatively with neuroticism and positively with ext...

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Published in:Review of religious research
Authors: Francis, Leslie J. (Author) ; Thomas, T. Hugh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 1997
In: Review of religious research
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Summary:A sample of 222 male clergy within the Church in Wales completed the short form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, together with an index of charismatic experience. Contrary to theoretical expectations, charismatic experience was correlated negatively with neuroticism and positively with extraversion, but was unrelated to either psychoticism or lie scale scores. The charismatic experience is associated with stable extraversion.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3512479