Exploring Affect Balance: Psychological Well-being of Church of England Clergy and Laity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Village, Andrew; Francis, Leslie J.

doi:10.1007/s10943-021-01225-6

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“…Drawing on data from the Coronavirus, Church & You Survey , Village and Francis (2021b) employed the TIBACh to test the personal, psychological, contextual, and ecclesial correlates of individual differences in psychological well-being among clergy and laity. Data from this analysis, drawing on 4,449 participants, confirmed that personal factors were important (especially age, with older participants reporting a better outcome); psychological factors were important (especially emotional volatility and extraversion, with stable extraverts reporting a better outcome); ecclesial factors were important (especially church orientation, with Anglo-Catholics reporting a worse outcome and Anglican Evangelicals reporting a better outcome compared with Broad Church participants); and contextual factors were important.…”

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God is in His Heaven, All’s Right With the World: Psychological Well-being and Belief in Divine Control During the Third COVID-19 Lockdown Among Anglican Clergy and Laity in England

Village

Francis

2023

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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Drawing on data provided by 1,841 lay or ordained members of the Anglican Church residing in England during the first half of 2021, this study explores the connection between self-perceived change in psychological well-being during the pandemic and belief in divine control over the pandemic. Change in psychological well-being was assessed by The Index of Balanced Affect Change (TIBACh) that distinguishes between positive affect and negative affect, and divine control was assessed by the God in Control of the Pandemic Scale (GiCoPS). After controlling for personal factors (age and sex), psychological factors (psychological type and emotional volatility), contextual factors (education level and ordination status), and ecclesial factors (conservative doctrine and charismatic influence), the data demonstrated a positive association between belief in divine control and change in positive affect, but no association between belief in divine control and change in negative affect.

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God is in His Heaven, All’s Right With the World: Psychological Well-being and Belief in Divine Control During the Third COVID-19 Lockdown Among Anglican Clergy and Laity in England

Village

Francis

2023

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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“…This strategy was used was used in relation to psychological wellbeing in a survey during the first lockdown to produce the Index of Balanced Affect Change (TIBACh), which proved a useful tool in measuring change in positive and negative affect since the pandemic began. (Village & Francis, 2021b, 2021c. The same instrument was used in the third lockdown, in 2021, along with items asking about self-perceived changes in spiritual wellbeing and health since the pandemic began.…”

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The Effects of Spiritual Wellbeing on Self-Perceived Health Changes Among Members of the Church of England During the COVID-19 Pandemic in England

Village

Francis

2023

J Relig Health

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This paper tests whether changes in spiritual wellbeing were correlated with self-rated changes in mental and physical health after controlling for changes in psychological wellbeing in a sample from the Church of England taken during the third national COVID-19 lockdown in 2021. During the third lockdown in England an online survey, named Covid-19 and Church-21, was delivered through the Qualtrics XM platform from 22 January to 23 July 2021. The responses included 1878 Anglicans living in England. The change in spiritual wellbeing scale was produced using self-reported changes in the frequency of key spiritual practices (prayer and Bible reading), trust in God, the quality of spiritual life, and spiritual health. Changes in mental and physical health were assessed using single self-report items. Changes in psychological wellbeing were assessed using the Index of Balanced Affect Change (TIBACh). After controlling for changes in psychological wellbeing, better change in spiritual wellbeing was positively correlated with better change in both mental and physical health. Negative affect may have mediated the relationship between spiritual wellbeing and both mental and physical health, and positive affect may also have mediated the relationship with mental health. The results suggest changes in spiritual wellbeing, as defined within a Christian religious context, may have had positive effects in promoting better mental and physical health during a sudden crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…the caring and worrying for one's own family during the pandemic, or personal factors, e.g. neuroticism, or even location (Village & Francis 2021a). Pastoral burnout in terms of spiritual emptiness often arises if there are conflicts between family life and vocational work-load (Frederick et al 2021).…”

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“…family situation) and place of residence (e.g. city or country), as well as the work context itself (Village & Francis 2021a).…”

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Spirituality of Professional Pastoral Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Distress, Resources, and Consequences

Haußmann

2022

J. Empir. Theol.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on mental health in general and on care professionals in particular. Studies have shown that professional pastoral caregivers are challenged concerning stabilizing their mental health and coping with stress experiences. Spirituality, on the other hand, has been considered as a helpful coping resource. This study examines professional pastoral caregivers in various contexts of hospitals, congregations, old people’s homes or schools during the second lockdown in Germany. Results show the importance of spirituality as a resource, with an overall high centrality of religiosity, high daily spiritual experience and low spiritual dryness, but also reveal various stress factors with which pastoral caregivers have to deal. However, associations between work-related distress, spiritual dryness, centrality of religiosity and spiritual experience are displayed and discussed. Spiritual dryness correlates positively with work-related distress, whereas daily spiritual experience and centrality of religiosity correlates negatively. Possibilities of further support for those offering pastoral care during the pandemic and beyond are presented.

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Exploring Affect Balance: Psychological Well-being of Church of England Clergy and Laity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 27 publications

References 32 publications

God is in His Heaven, All’s Right With the World: Psychological Well-being and Belief in Divine Control During the Third COVID-19 Lockdown Among Anglican Clergy and Laity in England

God is in His Heaven, All’s Right With the World: Psychological Well-being and Belief in Divine Control During the Third COVID-19 Lockdown Among Anglican Clergy and Laity in England

The Effects of Spiritual Wellbeing on Self-Perceived Health Changes Among Members of the Church of England During the COVID-19 Pandemic in England

Spirituality of Professional Pastoral Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Distress, Resources, and Consequences

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