title: International Study of Chaplains' Attitudes About Research.
abstract: An online survey was conducted by twelve professional chaplain organizations to assess chaplains' attitudes about and involvement in research. A total of 2,092 chaplains from 23 countries responded to the survey. Over 80% thought research was definitely important and nearly 70% thought chaplains should definitely be research literate. Just over 40% said they regularly read research articles and almost 60% said they occasionally did. The respondents rated their own research literacy as 6.5 on a 0-10 scale. Significant positive inter-correlations were found among all four measures: importance of (a) research and (b) research literacy; (c) frequency of reading articles; and (d) research literacy rating. Approximately 35% were never involved, 37% had been involved, 17% were currently involved, and 11% expected to be involved in research. The last three groups were significantly more likely to think research and research literacy were important and to read research articles than chaplains who were never involved in research. Given chaplains' interest in research, actions should be undertaken to facilitate further research engagement.
authors.affiliation: a School of Health and Social Care , Edinburgh Napier University , Edinburgh , Scotland , UK.
authors.forename: Austyn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Snowden
authors.affiliation: b Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values , Rush University Medical Center , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fitchett
authors.affiliation: c Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pastoral Care , Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center , Cincinnati , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Grossoehme
authors.affiliation: d HealthCare Chaplaincy Network , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Handzo
authors.affiliation: e Academic Centre for Practical Theology , European Research Institute for Chaplains in Healthcare (ERICH) , KU Leuven , Belgium.
authors.forename: Ewan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: f Chaplaincy, Child Life, & Clinical Patient Navigators , Seattle Cancer Care Alliance , Seattle , Washington , USA.
authors.forename: Stephen D W
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: g Department of Spiritual & Pastoral Care , The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , Scotland , UK.
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Telfer
authors.affiliation: h Spiritual Health Victoria , Abbotsford , Victoria , Australia.|i Monash University and University of Divinity , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: j Center for Psychosocial Research, Massapequa , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Flannelly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012106:Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: attitudes; chaplain; international; research; survey