The present study draws on data generated by the Church Growth Research Programme among 1,268 full-time stipendiary Church of England clergy aged 68 or under to test the extent to which the sense of feeling supported by professional advisers (positive affect) may offset the sense of feeling stressed (negative affect), after taking into account a range of personal, psychological, environmental and theological or ecclesial factors. The data found that the sense of feeling supported by professional advisers reduced the levels of self-reported stress after controlling for personal, psychological, environmental, and theological or ecclesial factors. The implications of these findings for the provision of formal support mechanisms within dioceses is discussed.

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英国圣公会神职人员的压力水平：感觉得到支持的有益影响

本研究利用了教会成长研究计划在 1,268 名 68 岁或以下的全职受薪英格兰教会神职人员中产生的数据，以测试专业顾问支持的感觉（积极影响）可能抵消的程度在考虑一系列个人、心理、环境和神学或教会因素后，感到压力（负面影响）。数据发现，在控制个人、心理、环境、神学或教会因素后，专业顾问支持的感觉降低了自我报告的压力水平。讨论了这些发现对在教区内提供正式支持机制的影响。