Specifying Intrusive Demands and Their Outcomes in Congregational Ministry: A Report on the Ministry Demands Inventory

Cameron, Lee

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“…The criticism subscales, however, showed marginal to unacceptable levels of reliability, ranging from 0.05 to 0.64, and were dropped from the analysis. Composite measures of demand frequency and impact, aggregating the four subscales, showed good internal consistency, as found in the previous study by Lee (1999) above. Alphas for the present sample ranged from 0.84 to 0.86 for both pastors and their wives.…”

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“…Lee (1999) reported alpha coefficients ranging from 0.49 (for the impact of family criticism) to 0.80 (for the frequency of personal criticism) across the eight frequency and impact subscales. Global measures of demand frequency and impact, aggregating the four types of demand, were more internally consistent, at alphas of 0.82 for both scales.…”

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“…Attitudes toward the ministry In a validation study of the Ministry Demands Inventory, Lee (1999) created two scales to operationalize how congregational demands might affect a pastor's attitude toward the ministry. On the one hand, ministry optimism assesses how hopeful a pastor is about remaining in the ministry.…”

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“…Since then, the concept has been applied more generally, beyond actual situations of loss. Observing the sometimes intrusive behavior of congregations with regard to ministers and their families (e.g., Lee and Balswick 1989;Morris and Blanton 1998), particularly for those ministers who live in parsonages (Hill et al 2003), some researchers (e.g., Frame and Shehan 1994;Lee 1995Lee , 1999Lee and IversonGilbert 2003;Morris and Blanton 1994a) have applied the concept of boundary ambiguity to clergy families.…”

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Patterns of Stress and Support Among Adventist Clergy: Do Pastors and their Spouses Differ?

Lee

2007

Pastoral Psychol

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Studies of clergy stress have addressed the demands made by the ministry environment on the minister's personal and family life. Most of the research has been conducted using the individual responses of male pastors. Comparatively little empirical research has been done with pastors' wives, and still less where both the husbands' and the wives' responses are matched and compared. The present study utilizes Hill's (Families under stress, Harper, New York, 1949) ABC-X model of family stress to examine differences between spouses in how demand, support, and perception relate to personal and ministry outcomes. Survey results from a sample of 147 male Seventh-Day Adventist clergy and their wives indicated that while there were some consistent differences in levels of demand and support, the most salient variable was their satisfaction with available social support, and this was true of both pastors and wives.

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2007

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“…In addition, these pastors typically have optimistic views of their church-based social networks, anticipating that members of their congregations could be counted on to offer emotional and material assistance if ever called upon. The latter finding is particularly interesting since most research has tended to view congregants more as sources of stress than sources of support (e.g., Han and Lee 2004;Lee 1999;Morris and Blanton 1998;Mueller and McDuff 2004). Indeed, there is only one previous study of which we are aware that analyzed the effects of social support from congregants, and that study found no significant association between congregational support and clergy's psychological well-being (Lee 2007).…”

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Religious Resources, Spiritual Struggles, and Mental Health in a Nationwide Sample of PCUSA Clergy

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A growing body of research explores patterns and correlates of mental health among clergy and other religious professionals. Our study augments this work by distinguishing between religious resources (i.e., support from church members, positive religious coping practices), and spiritual struggles (i.e., troubled relations with God, negative interactions with members, chronic religious doubts). We also explore several conceptual models of the interplay between these positive and negative religious domains and stressful life events. After reviewing theory and research on religious resources, spiritual struggles, and mental health, we test relevant hypotheses using data on a nationwide sample of ordained clergy members in the Presbyterian Church (USA). At least some support is found for all main effects hypotheses. Religious resources predict wellbeing more strongly, while spiritual struggles are more closely linked with psychological distress. There is some evidence that stressful life events erode mental health by fostering an elevated sense of spiritual disarray and struggle. We find limited support for the stressbuffering role of religious resources, and limited evidence for a stress-exacerbating effect of spiritual struggle. Study limitations are identified, along with a number of implications and promising directions for future research.

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Pastor–Parishioner Communication

Anderson

2015

The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication

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The proliferation of religious organizations in the United States and the high levels of participation in them present a rich context for studying interpersonal communication, particularly between clergy and congregational members. Research and theories from organizational and interpersonal communication have been used to analyze religious organizations since the 1970s. However, the literature is dispersed across the fields of sociology, religion, pastoral and social psychology, healthcare, and communication, and ranges in scope from the intrapersonal (clergy traits and skills) to the organizational (church conflict, organizational fit). This entry surveys three dyadic processes that affect relationship quality and outcomes between clergy and congregational members: pastoral role expectations, social interactions, and organizational conflict.

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Specifying Intrusive Demands and Their Outcomes in Congregational Ministry: A Report on the Ministry Demands Inventory

Cited by 47 publications

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Patterns of Stress and Support Among Adventist Clergy: Do Pastors and their Spouses Differ?

Patterns of Stress and Support Among Adventist Clergy: Do Pastors and their Spouses Differ?

Religious Resources, Spiritual Struggles, and Mental Health in a Nationwide Sample of PCUSA Clergy

Pastor–Parishioner Communication

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