Author(s): Fabri, Janaína Mengal Gomes ; Francis, Leslie J. ; McKenna, Ursula ; Roldão, Liliana Isabel Faria ; Pereira, Eliane Ramos ; Village, Andrew ; Caldeira, Sílvia
Date: 2025
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/53918
Origin: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Subject(s): Balanced affect; Emotional exhaustion; Satisfaction in ministry; Clergy; Wellbeing
The present study was designed to translate the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised into Portuguese and to test this translation among a snowball sample of 266 Catholic priests serving in Portugal (91% diocesan). The data demonstrated: good internal consistency reliability for the two scales proposed by this instrument (negative affect, α = .89 and positive affect, α = .89); support for the association with a measure of self-compassion; and support for the theory of balanced affect against a measure of thoughts of leaving ministry. The priests were found to display a high level of positive affect that masked a degree of negative affect, with a third of them reporting that fatigue and irritation were part of their daily experience.
