Psychosocial Correlates of Psychological Wellbeing among Clergy of the Presbyterian Church and the Church of Pentecost in Accra
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2019-03
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University of Ghana
Abstract
The study examined the psychosocial correlates of psychological wellbeing among the clergy of
the Presbyterian Church and the Church of Pentecost in Accra. A concurrent mixed-method
approach composed of a quantitative and qualitative methods was used. The quantitative
involved the use of questionnaires administered to three hundred and six (306) conveniently
sampled clergy from some selected congregations among the GA and GA West Presbyteries of
the Presbyterian church of Ghana in Accra and some selected churches within the eleven
administrative Areas of the Church of Pentecost in Accra. The qualitative study involved an in
depth interview with twenty-seven (27) participants that comprised of fourteen Presbyterian
clergy and thirteen Church of Pentecost clergy all within Accra with age range between thirty to
sixty-five years who have gained at least three years of experience in the ministry. The clergy
were administered with the Psychological General Wellbeing Index Scale (PGWBI), Maslach
Burnout Inventory Scale, Work Family Conflict Scale and Job Satisfaction Scale to test the
psychosocial correlates that affects their psychological wellbeing.
The results from the quantitative analysis indicate that no significant differences were seen in job
satisfaction, work-family conflict, family-work conflict and burnout by gender. Exhaustion, work
family conflict, family-work conflict, efficacy and job satisfaction excluding cynicism
significantly predicted psychological wellbeing. There were significant differences between
Presbyterian and Church of Pentecost clergies on job satisfaction, work-family conflict and
exhaustion by church group. The results from the thematic analysis used to analyze the
qualitative data indicates that the clergies from both churches experience certain psychosocial
issues such as difficulty in performing family duties, privacy violations, transfer issues, financial
commitment and difficulties, emotional drain, administrative and ministerial role conflict. Finally, all implications and recommendations were made with regards to the findings of the
study and limitations were discussed
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MPhil.
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Psychological Wellbeing, Presbyterian Church, Church of Pentecost, Accra