title: Discipline and sex differences in religiosity and spirituality among health care professionals.
abstract: Significant discipline and sex differences were found among random samples of hospital chaplains, nurses, physicians, and social workers who were asked to rate their religiosity and spirituality. Chaplains were significantly higher and physicians were significantly lower than other disciplines in religiosity. Spirituality was higher than religiosity for all disciplines. Overall, women rated themselves higher on spirituality than men.
authors.affiliation: The HealthCare Chaplaincy, 307 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA. Kflannelly@healthcarechaplaincy.org
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Flannelly
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Galek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002604:Chaplaincy Service, Hospital; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012947:Social Work; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires