“They are not as strong as we think”: symptoms of mental illnesses among Ghanaian pastors in Protestant, Pentecostal, and charismatic denominations
This study explored symptoms of mental health illnesses of Ghanaian pastors across three denominations and ascertained association with selected demographic variables, meaning in life and general self-efficacy. Overall, 22.9% of pastors show symptoms of mental illnesses. Participants reported sympto...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2024, Volume: 27, Issue: 5, Pages: 445-459 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mental Illness
B Self-efficacy B Mental Health B Pastors B meaning in life |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This study explored symptoms of mental health illnesses of Ghanaian pastors across three denominations and ascertained association with selected demographic variables, meaning in life and general self-efficacy. Overall, 22.9% of pastors show symptoms of mental illnesses. Participants reported symptoms of somatization (22%), obsessive compulsiveness (30.5%), interpersonal sensitivity (34.1%), depression (22.9%), anxiety (22.4%), hostility (14.8), phobic anxiety (30.9%), paranoid ideation (22.9%) and psychoticism (38.1%). Charismatic pastors reported more symptoms of mental illnesses than Protestants and Pentecostal pastors. Pastors within the 40–49 age group showed more symptoms of mental illness than pastors in other age groups. Search for meaning in life predicted pastors' mental health but presence of meaning and general self-efficacy were not significant predictors of mental illness. Given the findings, mental health awareness campaigns should be intensified among pastors and mental health interventions targeting pastors should include such variables. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2024.2378881 |
