Title:
Shadows of the Lantern Bearers: a study of sexually troubled clergy
Author:
Edward A. Robinson
Thesis Advisor:
Joanne Greer
Committee Member:
Barry Estadt
Committee Member:
Garry Thompson
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1994
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
This study compares the psychological test profiles of five groups of Roman Catholic Clergy: (1) ephebophile (n=30); (2) pedophile (n=30); (3) sexual compulsive (n=30); (4) alcoholic (n=30); and (5) a psychiatric comparison group (n=30). The psychological tests used were the MMPI-2, the MCMI-II and the Rorschach Ink-blot test (using the Comprehensive system). An initial analysis of the data showed the groups to be generally heterogeneous. These analyses were MMPI-2 2-point elevations, MCMI-II median scores and descriptive statistics for the three tests. In the second part of the study, discriminant function analyses were performed on four comparisons: between ephebophiles (n=30) and pedophiles (n=30); between molesters (n=60) [a combination of the ephebophile and pedophile groups] and comparisons (n=60) [a combination of the alcohol and psychiatric comparison groups]; between sexually troubled (n=90) [ephebophiles, pedophiles and sexual compulsives] and comparisons (n=60) [a combination of the alcohol and the psychiatric comparison groups]; and between molesters (n=60) [a combination of ephebophiles and pedophiles] and sexual compulsives (n=30). The discriminant function analyses were generally successful in distinguishing the groups. The most interesting finding was a 95% successful discrimination between the ephebophile and pedophile groups. Small sample sizes and a low variable-to-member ratio (eg 1:5 for this function) expose the models to an over-capitalization on chance and their generalize-ability cannot be confirmed by this present research. Poorest predictive accuracy was noticed with the sexually compulsive group. The promising findings of this study need to be replicated with larger samples.
Subject:
Clergy--Sexual behavior
Subject:
Child sexual abuse
Subject:
Psychosexual disorder
Subject:
Paraphilias
Subject:
Clergy--Psychology
Subject:
Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior
Subject:
Catholic Church--Clergy--Psychology
Subject:
Catholic Church
Subject:
Alcoholism
Subject:
Paraphilias
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Patoral Counseling
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Identifier:
RobinsonEA-94
