Fabri, Janaína Mengal Gomes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4777-4746, Francis, Leslie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2946-9980, McKenna, Ursula ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2625-7731, Roldão, Liliana Isabel Faria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8347-6423, Pereira, Eliane Ramos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6381-3979, Village, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2174-8822 and Caldeira, Sílvia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9804-2297 (2025) Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing of Catholic Priests in Portugal: Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Francis Burnout Inventory. Journal of religion and health, 64 (2). pp. 1287-1300.

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Abstract

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. [Abstract copyright: © 2025. The Author(s).]

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	10.1007/s10943-025-02275-w
School/Department:	School of Humanities
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/11816

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