Humility, Relational Spirituality, and Well-being among Religious Leaders: A Moderated Mediation Model

• Published in: Journal of religion and health Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 132 - 152
• Main Authors: Jankowski, Peter J., Sandage, Steven J., Bell, Chance A., Ruffing, Elizabeth G., Adams, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer 01.02.2019; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aging; Attitudes; Christianity; Clergy; Clinical Psychology; Female; Humans; Leadership; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meditation; Mental health; Original Paper; Personal relationships; Personality Inventory; Public Health; Religion; Religious discrimination; Religious Studies; Spirituality; Differentiation of self; Attachment to God; Intellectual humility; Religious leaders
• ISSN: 0022-4197; 1573-6571
• DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0580-8

Prior research has demonstrated positive associations between general humility and well-being, and posited a protective effect for intellectual humility against maladjustment among religious leaders. We tested a model that extended findings on general humility to include intellectual humility among religious leaders (N = 258; M age = 42.31; 43% female; 63.7% White; 91.9% Christian affiliation). We observed a positive general humility-well-being association. Contrary to expectations, we observed risk effects for religion-specific intellectual humility. Our findings also point to the possibility that these risk effects might be attenuated by the integration of high levels of general and intellectual humility.