Burnout among Portuguese pastoral ministers

Figures & data

Table 1. Description of the sample.

		Pastoral		Elder care		Teachers
		M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Sex	Male	23	35.9	7	3.6	52	20.2
	Female	41	64.1	185	96.4	206	79.8
Age	20–29 years old	5	7.8	11	5.7	25	9.7
	30–39 years old	14	21.9	49	25.5	108	41.9
	40–49 years old	18	28.1	83	43.2	81	31.4
	50–59 years old	12	18.8	46	24.0	42	16.3
	60–69 years old	10	15.6	3	1.6	2	.8
	70–79 years old	4	6.3	–	–	–	–
	80 years old or more	1	1.6	–	–	–	–
Civil Status	Single	24	38.1	20	10.4	–	–
	Married	35	55.6	166	86.5	–	–
	Widowed	3	4.8	6	3.1	–	–
	Divorced	1	1.6	–	–	–	–
Education	Primary Education	–	–	29	15.1	–	–
	Basic Education	3	4.8	52	27.1	–	–
	Middle School	3	4.8	85	44.3	–	–
	High School	17	27.4	26	13.5	–	–
	University	39	62.9	–	–	258	100.0

Table 2. Wellbeing, stress, anxiety, depression and burnout with education, professional and pastoral activity.

	Education	Dedication to professional activity	Experience in pastoral activity	Dedication to pastoral activity
Global Life Satisfaction	-.119	-.009	.150	.026
Standard of Living	-.084	-.024	.009	.213
Personal Health	.053	-.102	-.189	-.280*
Achieving in Life	-.138	-.001	.045	.119
Personal Relationships	-.340**	-.059	.020	-.127
Personal Safety	-.183	.137	.206	.098
Community-Connectedness	-.095	.205	.346**	.064
Future Security	.015	.001	.241	.277*
Spirituality or Religion	-.207	.098	.366**	.063
Depression	.036	-.178	.175	-.031
Anxiety	.093	-.023	.024	-.037
Stress	.283*	-.090	.075	-.002
Burnout	.027	.026	.198	.219
Disengagement	-.066	-.076	.160	.048
Exhaustion	.011	.040	.225	.313*

Note: * p < .05; ** p < .01

Table 3. Wellbeing, stress, anxiety, depression and burnout.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1. Global Life Satisfaction	1
2. Standard of Living	.807**	1
3. Personal Health	.365**	.382**	1
4. Achieving in Life	.761**	.827**	.519**	1
5. Personal Relationships	.525**	.472**	.205	.451**	1
6. Personal Safety	.714**	.644**	.229	.661**	.584**	1
7. Community-Connectedness	.339**	.334**	-.049	.283*	.454**	.457**	1
8. Future Security	.626**	.662**	.313*	.687**	.391**	.754**	.427**	1
9. Spirituality or Religion	.568**	.478**	.087	.510**	.458**	.576**	.521**	.472**	1
10. Depression	-.371**	-.352**	-.314*	-.418**	-.365**	-.572**	-.382**	-.347**	-.259	1
11. Anxiety	-.282*	-.192	-.171	-.206	-.250	-.305*	-.095	-.290*	-.105	.371**	1
12. Stress	-.324*	-.202	-.127	-.268*	-.337**	-.462**	-.258	-.216	-.261*	.599**	.574**	1
13. Burnout	-.261*	-.248	-.208	-.253	-.374**	-.313*	-.219	-.013	-.252	.453**	.125	.350**	1
14. Disengagement	-.366**	-.389**	-.148	-.291*	-.375**	-.397**	-.289*	-.127	-.289*	.483**	.130	.271*	.867**	1
15. Exhaustion	-.075	.020	-.261*	-.090	-.226	-.142	-.064	.088	-.082	.402**	.097	.345**	.860**	.542**	1

Note: * p < .05; ** p < .01

Table 4. Pastoral ministries burnout with other professional groups.

Dimension	Pastoral (64)		Elder care (192)		Teachers (258)		Statistical Inference
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	p
Burnout	4.023	.837	4.695	.698	5.171	1.376	30.785	.000
Disengagement	1.887	.423	2.170	.402	2.564	.769	41.734	.000
Exhaustion	2.136	.531	2.525	.386	2.607	.673	17.900	.000