Taking Responsibility for Life – Individual and Church Action for the Health of the Clergy Cover Image

Felelősségvállalás az életért – egyéni és egyházszervezeti tennivalók a lelkészi kar egészségének megőrzése érdekében
Taking Responsibility for Life – Individual and Church Action for the Health of the Clergy

Author(s): Béla Botond Jakabházi
Subject(s): Pastoral Theology
Published by: Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház
Keywords: burnout prevention; clergy health; health risks; health vulnerabilities; life satisfaction; mental health; well-being;

Summary/Abstract: This article summarizes and interprets the results of the paper-and-pencil questionnaires filled in by the ministers of the Hungarian Unitarian Church, as well as the suggestions made in order to preserve their health, emphasizing primarily mental health issues in order to promote burnout prevention and intervention. The research focuses on how the ministers perceive their own state of health and the extent to which subjective health is consistent with objective indicators of health and a health-conscious lifestyle, and how church size, marital status, and age affect life satisfaction, and the degree of risk of burnout, or how age determines the level of depression and life satisfaction among ministers.

  • Issue Year: 127/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 219-241
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Hungarian