What drives Catholic priests to continue to serve people? That is the main question behind this psychological study. Based on a working model of compassionate love (Underwood 2008 ), the priestly compassionate love model was tested to determine whether spirituality, social support, priestly commitment, and well-being simultaneously influence compassionate love, which in turn brings out a positive affect in those doing pastoral ministry. The participants were 256 Catholic priests in Indonesia. Using structural equation modeling, the results of the study showed a good fit. Spirituality was the factor that contributed most strongly to compassionate love. Receiving adequate support from multiple sources motivated the priests to love others. Moreover, priestly commitment also influenced the priests to love others compassionately. Although well-being did not significantly influence compassionate love, it still played an important role in the model because it was correlated with all factors. Finally, the results showed that compassionate love powerfully influenced the priests to be enthusiastic and eager in doing pastoral ministry. These findings are discussed theoretically and practically in the context of priestly life and ministry in Indonesia.

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天主教神父的慈悲之爱：其前因及其对印尼牧灵事工的影响

是什么驱使天主教神父继续为人们服务？这是这项心理学研究背后的主要问题。基于慈悲之爱的工作模型（Underwood 2008），对司铎慈悲之爱模型进行了测试，以确定灵性、社会支持、司铎承诺和幸福是否同时影响慈悲之爱，进而对那些产生积极影响。做牧师事工。参加者是印度尼西亚的 256 名天主教神父。使用结构方程模型，研究结果显示出良好的拟合。灵性是对慈悲之爱贡献最大的因素。得到多方足够的支持，激励了神父们去爱他人。此外，司铎的承诺也影响了司铎以慈悲的方式去爱他人。虽然幸福对慈悲之爱没有显着影响，但它在模型中仍然发挥着重要作用，因为它与所有因素相关。最后，结果显示慈悲之爱有力地影响了神父们热心地从事牧灵事工。在印度尼西亚的牧师生活和事工的背景下，对这些发现进行了理论和实践讨论。