从事上帝工作的人的神圣斗争:联合卫理公会神职人员抑郁和倦怠的纵向评估及社会支持的作用

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Sociology of Religion Pub Date : 2023-05-08 DOI:10.1093/socrel/srad014

Laura Upenieks, D. Eagle

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在这项研究中，我们考察了神职人员中精神斗争的作用，表现为“神圣斗争”或与上帝的疏离感，以及它们与神职人员幸福感（抑郁症状和倦怠）的关系。从生活压力的角度来看，我们还测试了获得和预期的会众支持是否会调节这些关联。使用北卡罗来纳州联合卫理公会神职人员神职人员小组健康调查的两波数据（2016-2019）（n=1261），结果表明，随着时间的推移，在神圣斗争中增加的神职人员抑郁症状和倦怠得分最高。然而，得到会众重要情感支持的神职人员受到了保护，不会出现抑郁症状加重和更大的倦怠感。预期的会众支持只是缓冲了日益增加的神圣斗争和倦怠（积极成就）之间的关系。我们提供了一些更广泛的启示，以支持神职人员在面对神圣斗争时的福祉。

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Divine Struggles Among Those Doing God’s Work: A Longitudinal Assessment Predicting Depression and Burnout and the Role of Social Support in United Methodist Clergy

In this study, we examine the role of spiritual struggles among clergy, in the form of “divine struggle” or feelings of alienation from God and their associations with well-being (depressive symptoms and burnout) among clergy. Drawing from a life-stress perspective, we also test whether received and anticipated congregational support moderates these associations. Using two waves of data (2016–2019) of the Clergy Panel Health Survey of United Methodist clergy in North Carolina (n = 1,261), results suggest that it was clergy who increased in divine struggles over time who had the highest depressive symptom and burnout scores. However, clergy who received significant emotional support from members of their congregation were protected from elevated depressive symptoms and greater burnout. Anticipated congregational support only buffered the relationship between increasing divine struggles and one component of burnout (positive achievement). We offer some broader implications for supporting clergy well-being in the face of divine struggles.

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