Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing of Catholic Priests in Portugal: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Francis Burnout Inventory

Fabri, J.M.G., Francis, L.J., McKenna, U., Roldão, L.I.F., Pereira, E.R., Village, A. and Caldeira, S. (2025) Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing of Catholic Priests in Portugal: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Francis Burnout Inventory. Journal of Religion and Health. ISSN 0022-4197

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Abstract

The present study was designed to translate the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised into Portuguese and to test this translation among a snowball sample of 266 Catholic priests serving in Portugal (91% diocesan). The data demonstrated: good internal consistency reliability for the two scales proposed by this instrument (negative affect, α = .89 and positive affect, α = .89); support for the association with a measure of self-compassion; and support for the theory of balanced affect against a measure of thoughts of leaving ministry. The priests were found to display a high level of positive affect that masked a degree of negative affect, with a third of them reporting that fatigue and irritation were part of their daily experience.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published by Springer in 2025. This is an author accepted manuscript of a published open access article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02275-w. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	balanced affect emotional exhaustion satisfaction in ministry clergy wellbeing
Depositing User:	Ursula Mckenna
Date Deposited:	27 Mar 2025 10:23
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2025 10:23
URI:	https://lbro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1222

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