"Effects of Loneliness, Years of Service, and Spiritual Well-Being upon" by David L. Prout

Date of Award

1996

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Department

Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology

Abstract

Past research had concluded that a combination of individual and situational factors interact as causes for burn-out in ministers. This present study sought to measure three factors, loneliness, years of service, and spiritual well-being for their singular and combined impact upon burn-out among Christian pastors. Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastors, 276 in number, were surveyed to determine their level of burn-out, together with measure of the afore-mentioned variables. It was expected that fewer years of service, lower spiritual well-being, and higher loneliness would effect increased levels of measured burn-out in the pastors surveyed. A three-way analysis of variance indicated that burn-out scores were effected by loneliness, years of service, and spiritual well-being, but revealed no interaction effects of these three factors upon burn-out scores. Future recommendations for research include attempts to determine likely points in career for burn-out, and future identification of factors which effect increased burnout.

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