Kennedy E C, Heckler V J, Kobler F J, Walker R E
J Clin Psychol. 1977 Jan;33(1):120-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(197701)33:1+<120::aid-jclp2270330124>3.0.co;2-a.
The present study investigated the personality of the American Catholic priest by means of clinical procedures. It is based on a national, randomly selected, representative sample. Recorded 2-hour clinical interview plus a battery of standardized as well as specially designed psychological tests were administered to 271 Ss. A clinical report was written for each priest based on all the interview data. Four categories or types of classification were devised to describe and to distinguish the priests along a continuum of soci-psychological development: maldeveloped (8%), underdeveloped (57%), developing (29%), and developed (6%).
本研究通过临床程序对美国天主教神父的性格进行了调查。它基于一个全国性的、随机选取的代表性样本。对271名研究对象进行了时长2小时的临床访谈记录，外加一系列标准化以及专门设计的心理测试。根据所有访谈数据为每位神父撰写了一份临床报告。设计了四类分类方式，以描述和区分处于社会心理发展连续统上的神父：发育不良型（8%）、发育不全型（57%）、发展型（29%）和成熟型（6%）。
