The Relationship of Clergy Burnout to Self-Compassion and Other Personality Dimensions

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-163

  Barnard, Laura K ^a   Curry, John F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Clergy; Personality; Self compassion; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857915823     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-011-0377-0     Document Type: Article

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