Factorial structure and validity of the Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales (FPTETS)

Journal of Psychology and Theology

2023

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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.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Journal of Psychology and Theology

2023

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“…Concerning psychological factors, by far the most consistent finding concerns the impact of personality on clergy work-related psychological wellbeing (see Francis, 2018). Studies employing the Big Five Factor model of personality (Costa & McCrea, 1985), the Eysenckian three dimensional model of personality (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1991) or the Francis Psychological and Emotional Temperament Type Scales (Village & Francis, 2022) consistently find that good work-related psychological wellbeing is associated with higher extraversion scores and lower emotionality (neuroticism) scores. These two dimensions of personality can be characterised in the following way.…”

Section: Taking Control Variables Into Accountmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing and Conservative Christian Belief Among Methodist Circuit Ministers in Britain: Distinguishing Between Emotional Exhaustion and Satisfaction in Ministry

Haley²,

McKenna

2022

J Relig Health

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Drawing on data provided by 803 Methodist circuit ministers serving in Great Britain, the present study was designed to test the association between conservative Christian belief and work-related psychological wellbeing as operationalised by the balanced affect model proposed by the Francis Burnout Inventory. After taking into account the effects of personal factors, psychological factors, contextual factors, and experience factors, holding conservative Christian belief was associated with a higher level of positive affect (satisfaction in ministry) but independent of negative affect (emotional exhaustion in ministry).

“…Psychological variables were assessed using the revised version of the Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales (FPTETS-R) (Village & Francis, 2022a, 2023. This is a 50-item instrument comprises four sets of ten forced-choice items related to each of the four components of psychological type: orientation (extraversion or introversion), perceiving process (sensing or intuition), judging process (thinking or feeling), and attitude towards the outer world (judging or perceiving), and ten items related to emotional temperament (calm or volatile).…”

Section: Control Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

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.