Harmon Brook E, Strayhorn Shaila, Webb Benjamin L, Hébert James R
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Memphis School of Public Health, 200 Robison Hall, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
School of Education, Health and Human Behavior, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, USA.
J Relig Health. 2018 Aug;57(4):1509-1523. doi: 10.1007/s10943-018-0563-9.
Religious leaders, particularly African-American pastors, are believed to play a key role in addressing health disparities. Despite the role African-American pastors may play in improving health, there is limited research on pastoral influence. The purpose of this study was to examine African-American pastors' perceptions of their influence in their churches and communities. In-depth interviews were conducted with 30 African-American pastors and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Three themes emerged: the historical role of the church; influence as contextual, with pastors using comparisons with other pastors to describe their ability to be influential; and a reciprocal relationship existing such that pastors are influenced by factors such as God and their community while these factors also aid them in influencing others. A conceptual model of pastoral influence was created using data from this study and others to highlight factors that influence pastors, potential outcomes and moderators as well as the reciprocal nature of pastoral influence.
宗教领袖，尤其是非裔美国牧师，被认为在解决健康差距问题中发挥着关键作用。尽管非裔美国牧师可能在改善健康方面发挥作用，但关于牧师影响力的研究却很有限。本研究的目的是考察非裔美国牧师对他们在教会和社区中影响力的看法。对30位非裔美国牧师进行了深入访谈，并采用扎根理论方法进行分析。出现了三个主题：教会的历史作用；影响力因情境而异，牧师通过与其他牧师比较来描述自己的影响力；存在一种相互关系，即牧师受到上帝和社区等因素的影响，而这些因素也有助于他们影响他人。利用本研究及其他研究的数据创建了一个牧师影响力的概念模型，以突出影响牧师的因素、潜在结果和调节因素，以及牧师影响力的相互性质。
