Büssing Arndt, Sautermeister Jochen, Frick Eckhard, Baumann Klaus
Institute for Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, 58313, Herdecke, Germany.
Faculty of Theology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
J Relig Health. 2017 Jun;56(3):1018-1031. doi: 10.1007/s10943-016-0333-5.
We investigated strategies of 763 Catholic priests (response rate 36%) to deal with phases of spiritual dryness, specifically their reactions toward these feelings, and which strategies were used. Most priests have found strategies to cope with feelings of spiritual dryness. Those who have managed to overcome these phases were stimulated "all the more to help others" and experienced "deeper spiritual clarity and depth." Whatever strategy was chosen (we differentiated eight strategies in various combinations), there were no significant differences for priests' self-efficacy expectation, transcendence perception or life satisfaction. Instead, we found significant differences for social support (F = 6.5; p < 0.0001) and somatization (F = 3.4; p = 0.002).
我们调查了763名天主教神父（回复率36%）应对精神干涸阶段的策略，具体包括他们对这些感受的反应以及所采用的策略。大多数神父都找到了应对精神干涸感受的策略。那些成功克服这些阶段的人受到“更大的激励去帮助他人”，并体验到“更深层次的精神清晰和深度”。无论选择何种策略（我们将八种策略进行了不同组合的区分），神父们在自我效能期望、超越感知或生活满意度方面均无显著差异。相反，我们发现社会支持方面存在显著差异（F = 6.5；p < 0.0001），躯体化方面也存在显著差异（F = 3.4；p = 0.002）。
