The personality profile of Anglican clergy, 1992-1996
The aim of this dissertation is to provide a more comprehensive personality profile of the clergy using the Eysenck Personality Profiler in order to establish whether or not there is a distinctive clergy personality. A questionnaire was sent to all clergy ordained into the Anglican Church in Britain and Ireland between 1992 and 1996. The questionnaire received a response rate between 62% and 72% over the five years. The first part of the dissertation discusses the development of Hans J Eysenck's model of personality. Chapter one reviews the history of the development of the personality scales developed by Hans J Eysenck and his associates. Chapter two, chapter three and chapter four describe the development of these questionnaires through the higher order factors of neuroticism, extraversioÌn and psychoticism. Chapter five describes previous research amongst the clergy using the various personality scales developed by Eysenck and his associates. Chapter six investigates the development of the Eysenck Personality Profiler and previous research undertaken using this scale. The second part of the dissertation describes the new survey. Chapter seven describes the clergy survey, chapter eight, chapter nine and
Jones, Susan Helen
Clergy personality
The personality profile of Anglican clergy, 1992-1996. The aim of this dissertation is to provide a more comprehensive personality profile of the clergy using the Eysenck Personality Profiler in order to establish whether or not there is a distinctive clergy personality. A questionnaire was sent to all clergy ordained into the Anglican Church in Britain and Ireland between 1992 and 1996. The questionnaire received a response rate between 62% and 72% over the five years. The first part of the dissertation discusses the development of Hans J Eysenck's model of personality. Chapter one reviews the history of the development of the personality scales developed by Hans J Eysenck and his associates. Chapter two, chapter three and chapter four describe the development of these questionnaires through the higher order factors of neuroticism, extraversioÌn and psychoticism. Chapter five describes previous research amongst the clergy using the various personality scales developed by Eysenck and his associates. Chapter six investigates the development of the Eysenck Personality Profiler and previous research undertaken using this scale. The second part of the dissertation describes the new survey. Chapter seven describes the clergy survey, chapter eight, chapter nine and
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