{"title":"The Experience of Self-Compassion in Church of England Working Clergy: An Exploratory Qualitative Pilot Study Conducted in England.","authors":"Belinda Norrington, Nicola Douglas-Smith","doi":"10.1007/s10943-025-02373-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Self-compassion improves a range of psychosocial outcomes and can support working populations experiencing burnout. Clergy can experience higher levels of burnout, but there is limited research exploring the benefits of self-compassion for this population. This qualitative pilot study, conducted in England, utilised semi-structured interviews to examine how Church of England clergy perceive, value and experience self-compassion. An inductive Qualitative Content Analysis produced three categories: 'Compassion is deeply rooted in theology', 'Self-compassion is primarily practical self-care', and 'Self-compassion requires a surrounding 'habitus of compassion'. This suggests clergy perceive self-compassion as practical care and with less theological validity compared to compassion for others. Participants indicated interest in self-compassion teaching/training, alongside the need for self-compassion to exist within a wider institutional culture of compassion.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Religion & Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02373-9","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Self-compassion improves a range of psychosocial outcomes and can support working populations experiencing burnout. Clergy can experience higher levels of burnout, but there is limited research exploring the benefits of self-compassion for this population. This qualitative pilot study, conducted in England, utilised semi-structured interviews to examine how Church of England clergy perceive, value and experience self-compassion. An inductive Qualitative Content Analysis produced three categories: 'Compassion is deeply rooted in theology', 'Self-compassion is primarily practical self-care', and 'Self-compassion requires a surrounding 'habitus of compassion'. This suggests clergy perceive self-compassion as practical care and with less theological validity compared to compassion for others. Participants indicated interest in self-compassion teaching/training, alongside the need for self-compassion to exist within a wider institutional culture of compassion.
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Journal of Religion and Health is an international publication concerned with the creative partnership of psychology and religion/sprituality and the relationship between religion/spirituality and both mental and physical health. This multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary journal publishes peer-reviewed original contributions from scholars and professionals of all religious faiths. Articles may be clinical, statistical, theoretical, impressionistic, or anecdotal. Founded in 1961 by the Blanton-Peale Institute, which joins the perspectives of psychology and religion, Journal of Religion and Health explores the most contemporary modes of religious thought with particular emphasis on their relevance to current medical and psychological research.
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