title: Clinical assessment of a profession: Roman Catholic clergymen.
abstract: The present study investigated the personality of the American Catholic priest by means of clinical procedures. It is based on a national, randomly selected, representative sample. Recorded 2-hour clinical interview plus a battery of standardized as well as specially designed psychological tests were administered to 271 Ss. A clinical report was written for each priest based on all the interview data. Four categories or types of classification were devised to describe and to distinguish the priests along a continuum of soci-psychological development: maldeveloped (8%), underdeveloped (57%), developing (29%), and developed (6%).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002410:Catholicism; D002977:Clergy; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010553:Personality Development; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014481:United States