Relationships between Sabbath Observance and Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health in Clergy

Hough, Holly; Proeschold‐Bell, Rae Jean; Liu, Xin; Weisner, Carl C.; Turner, Elizabeth L.; Yao, Jia

doi:10.1007/s11089-018-0838-9

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“…Although this study focuses on outcomes associated with Sabbath-keeping, the process involved in adopting Sabbath-keeping is complex, and known barriers to weekly Sabbath-keeping for clergy include being bi-vocational and experiencing extremely high time demands (Hough et al, 2019). Keeping Sabbath involves reorganizing all non-restful activities into the other 6 days of the week to preserve a day of rest.…”

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Changes in Sabbath-Keeping and Mental Health Over Time: Evaluation Findings From the Sabbath Living Study

Proeschold‐Bell¹,

Stringfield²,

Yao³

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Journal of Psychology and Theology

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Work-related stress is experienced at a high level in the United States. Clergy are particularly likely to over-extend themselves to act on their sacred call. Sabbath-keeping may offer a practice that is beneficial for mental health, yet many Protestant clergy do not keep a regular Sabbath. We examined whether United Methodist clergy who attended informative Sabbath-keeping workshops reported changes in spiritual well-being and mental health post-workshop. Compared to baseline, at 3 and 9 months post-workshop, participants reported an increase in Sabbath-keeping. In adjusted random effects and Poisson models, compared to not changing Sabbath-keeping frequency, increasing Sabbath-keeping was related to only one outcome: greater feelings of personal accomplishment at work. Decreasing Sabbath-keeping was related to worse anxiety symptoms, lower spiritual well-being in ministry scores, and a higher probability of having less than flourishing mental health. For four outcomes, there were no significant associations with changes in Sabbath-keeping over time. Although lacking a control group, this study adds to cross-sectional Sabbath-keeping studies by correlating changes in Sabbath-keeping with changes in mental health outcomes over time.

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“…Such a trial would allow increased certainty that changes in mental health are due to changes in Sabbath-keeping. For researchers wishing to study Sabbath-keeping in clergy, more research is needed on how clergy manage to keep Sabbath when the Sabbath day indicated in scripture is also a work day for them (Hough et al, 2019).…”

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Changes in Sabbath-Keeping and Mental Health Over Time: Evaluation Findings From the Sabbath Living Study

Proeschold‐Bell¹,

Stringfield²,

Yao³

et al. 2021

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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“…Four items were used to measure emotional well-being, six to assess social wellbeing and four to quantify psychological well-being. Mental health is defined as positive or negative emotions, psychological functioning and social functioning (Hough et al, 2019). The reliability of the overall mental health construct was 0.78.…”

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Impact of psychological capital on mental health, readiness for organizational change, and job insecurity: hotel employees’ perspective in COVID-19

Al-Ghazali

Afsar

2022

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PurposeThe construct of psychological capital or PsyCap (consisting of the positive psychological resources of hope, self-efficacy, optimism and resilience) has been demonstrated to relate to employees’ attitudinal and behavioral outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of positive psychological capital on mental health, readiness for organizational change, and job insecurity in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 567 hotel employees working in hotels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A quantitative approach was used and employees were requested to fill the questionnaires.FindingsResults show that psychological capital enhances an employee’s mental health and readiness for the organizational change. Moreover, PsyCap is found to negatively impact the perceptions of job insecurity among hotel employees. The study has useful managerial implications for hoteliers, especially, in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThis is the first study of its kind to link hotel employees’ positive psychological capital with their perceptions about job insecurity and mental health. COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world fiercely and new normal expects employees to be ready to embrace changes in organizations. This study contributes to the literature on hospitality management by linking psychological capital with hotel employees’ readiness for organizational change in the context of Coronavirus.

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“…Sejumlah penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan beribadah bermanfaat bagi kesehatan. Ritual keagamaan seperti berdoa, membaca kebenaran firman Tuhan memberikan suatu kelepasan dari berbagai kepenatan karena adanya komunikasi interpersonal antara manusia dan Tuhan (Hough, 2019). Selain itu, perjumpaan dengan Tuhan pada hari Sabat membuat orang percaya mendapatkan perspektif baru yang seimbang tentang kehidupan dan pelayanan kepada sesama dengan efektif serta makin memaknai keselamatan yang telah dikerjakan Allah dalam diri manusia (Gallagher, 2019).…”

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“…Bertolak dari penelitian ini, peneliti ingin mengkaji lebih dalam mengenai sabat dan keselamatan dalam perjanjian lama sebab ada banyak literatur yang secara teoritis membahas tentang sabat. Studi mengenai pemeliharaan hari sabat (Rosenberg dkk 2016; Superville dkk 2014, Putih dkk 2015) (Speedling, 2019), hubungan sabat dengan ketaatan mental, psikis, dan kesehatan spiritual (Hough 2019), peran sabat dalam kehidupan orang percay (Waruwu, 2020) sabat dalam pandangan orang Yahudi ortodoks (Bix, 2020). Namun belum ada yang membahas secara spesifik mengenai hubungan sabat dengan keselamatan dalam konsep Perjanjian Lama.…”

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Hubungan Sabat dan Keselamatan Dalam Perjanjian Lama

Tameon¹

2021

Danum P. J. Teologi dan Mus. Gereja

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The Sabbath is God's mandate for man to rest from all affairs and work. It began when God stopped creating the heavens and the earth and everything in them on the seventh day (Genesis 2:1-3). God appointed the Sabbath as a day of rest. Since God rested, humans who were created in God's image must rest also. One of the most beautiful blessings that come from the Sabbath is refreshment. The Sabbath was closely related to God's action in saving humankind from destruction. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the Sabbath and salvation in the Old Testament. The literature review is used as the method where the author looks for the main source of research and then analyzes it to find the meaning of the data. The results show that the Sabbath becomes a sign of the covenant and symbol of the special relationship in grace between God-the Redeemer, and His chosen people. The Sabbath had become a sign that reminded the Israelites and believers that God by His grace had sanctified, chosen, and delivered them. The Sabbath was a picture of salvation by God's sovereign grace in exodus. The Sabbath interpreted as people's gratitude expression for the goodness of God who has saved, redeemed and freed humankind from slavery and slavery of the sin. Sabat merupakan mandat Allah bagi manusia untuk beristirahat dari segala urusan dan pekerjaan. Hal ini dimulai ketika Allah berhenti menciptakan langit dan bumi serta segala isinya pada hari ketujuh (Kejadian 2:1-3). Hari Sabat ditentukan Allah sebagai hari peristirahatan. Karena Allah beristirahat, maka manusia yang diciptakan menurut gambar Allah juga harus beristirahat. Salah satu berkat terindah yang diperoleh dari hari Sabat adalah penyegaran kembali. Sabat juga erat kaitannya dengan tindakan Allah dalam menyelamatkan manusia dari kebinasaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji mengenai hubungan Sabat dan keselamatan dalam Perjanjian Lama. Metode yang dipakai adalah content analysis/analisis isi dimana penulis mencari sumber utama penelitian lalu menganalisis untuk menemukan makna yang terkandung dalam data tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Sabat menjadi tanda kovenan, dan merupakan simbol dari hubungan khusus dalam anugerah antara Allah-Penebus dan orang-orang pilihan-Nya. Sabat telah menjadi tanda yang mengingatkan bangsa Israel dan orang percaya bahwa Allah dengan rahmat-Nya telah menguduskan, memilih, dan melepaskan mereka. Sabat menjadi gambaran dari keselamatan oleh anugerah Allah yang berdaulat dalam peristiwa eksodus. Sabat harus dimaknai sebagai ungkapan syukur umat atas kebaikan Allah yang telah menyelamatkan, menebus dan membebaskan manusia dari perbudakan dan perhambaan dosa.

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Relationships between Sabbath Observance and Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health in Clergy

Cited by 12 publications

References 52 publications

Changes in Sabbath-Keeping and Mental Health Over Time: Evaluation Findings From the Sabbath Living Study

Changes in Sabbath-Keeping and Mental Health Over Time: Evaluation Findings From the Sabbath Living Study

Impact of psychological capital on mental health, readiness for organizational change, and job insecurity: hotel employees’ perspective in COVID-19

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