Title:
Cognitive mediation deficits and sexually offending Roman Catholic clergy using the Rorschach Inkblot Test
Author:
Gregory Ryan
Thesis Advisor:
Jeffrey P. Baerwald
Committee Member:
Gerard McGlone
Committee Member:
Jenny Lowry
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2006
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The focus of this study was to explore whether religiosity and/or spirituality might impact a sample of psychology graduate students' adjustment to school. The variables of religiosity and spirituality have been gaining attention within the field of psychology as having a positive role in individual's lives, yet, the definition and consistent study of each of these concepts is not well established. Similarly, the study of graduate students is also limited. This study used the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiment (ASPIRES) and the Graduate Adjustment Rating Scale (GARS) to measure religiosity and spirituality and graduate student adjustment, respectively. The most consistent finding in this study is that when a student is experiencing a religious crisis, the student also reports lower levels of adjustment. Additionally, clinical psychology students endorsed lower levels of religiosity and spirituality when compared to counseling psychology students. Clinical psychology students were also found to endorse higher levels of spirituality than religiosity. Masters students were found to have higher levels of prayer fulfillment and universality than doctoral students. Lastly, religious crisis was the only factor that was found to consistently predict adjustment. These findings, their implications, limitations to this study, and areas for future research are discussed in full detail.
Subject:
Child molester--Psychology
Subject:
Rorschach Test
Subject:
Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual Behavior--Psychological aspects
Degree:
Doctor of Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
RyanNJ-06
