Presentation Title
P-17 Life in the Fishbowl: Impact of Role Pressure on the Clergy Family
Presenter Status
MSW Program Director and Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work and Director of the Center for Prevention Education, Institute for the Prevention of Addiction
Second Presenter Status
Associate Dean, College of Health
Preferred Session
Poster Session
Start Date
30-10-2015 2:00 PM
End Date
30-10-2015 3:00 PM
Presentation Abstract
Clergy families are impacted by the demands of ministers’ professional practice in ways that increases the family’s level of stress and effects it’s functioning. This workshop will examine the results of a survey conducted with pastors, spouses, and young adult children, who are members of a conservative evangelical religion that measured personal challenges and levels of stress. Then there will be an exploration of the pressures identified in follow up focus groups with five pastoral families. Participants will learn about the unique pressures experienced by pastoral families, how those pressures affect the family system, and ways to provide more support.
P-17 Life in the Fishbowl: Impact of Role Pressure on the Clergy Family
Clergy families are impacted by the demands of ministers’ professional practice in ways that increases the family’s level of stress and effects it’s functioning. This workshop will examine the results of a survey conducted with pastors, spouses, and young adult children, who are members of a conservative evangelical religion that measured personal challenges and levels of stress. Then there will be an exploration of the pressures identified in follow up focus groups with five pastoral families. Participants will learn about the unique pressures experienced by pastoral families, how those pressures affect the family system, and ways to provide more support.