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J Relig Health. 2013 Dec;52(4):1281-95. doi: 10.1007/s10943-012-9571-3.
Forced termination of clergy is a demeaning and psychologically distressing experience. Clergy who experience a forced termination are subjected to mobbing (psychological harassment) and other activities meant to publicly or privately demean a minister in such a way that they resign their ministry position. In a purposive convenience sample of 55 ministers who had been forcibly terminated, participants scored above the known cut-off score for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and scored high on a measure of burnout and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Forced termination has been anecdotally connected to PTSD and GAD, this project sought to empirically link PTSD and GAD to the forced termination of clergy. This study raises concern for the long-term mental health effects of ministers who have been forcibly terminated and provides implications for future clinical study on this group of clergy. Findings in this research indicate there may be a process to forced termination, which could be developed into a theory on forced termination of clergy.
神职人员被强制离职是一种有辱人格和心理痛苦的经历。经历强制离职的神职人员会遭受骚扰（心理骚扰）和其他旨在公开或私下羞辱部长的行为，以使他们辞去部长职务。在一项对 55 名被强制离职的牧师的有意便利抽样中，参与者的创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）得分高于已知的截断分数，并且在倦怠和广泛性焦虑障碍（GAD）的测量中得分较高。虽然强制离职被认为与 PTSD 和 GAD 有关，但本项目旨在通过实证将 PTSD 和 GAD 与神职人员的强制离职联系起来。这项研究引起了人们对被迫离职的牧师的长期心理健康的关注，并为未来对这一群体神职人员的临床研究提供了启示。这项研究的结果表明，可能存在一个导致强制离职的过程，可以将其发展成为一个关于神职人员强制离职的理论。
