Role stress, eating behaviors, and obesity in clergy
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Title
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Role stress, eating behaviors, and obesity in clergy
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:79634b4f64ca:11369
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identifier
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11787
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Creator
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Manister, Nancy N.,
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Contributor
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Eileen Gigliotti
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Date
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2012
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Nursing | Clergy | Eating behaviors | Neuman Systems Model | Obesity | Role stress
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Abstract
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Purpose. This study, based on The Neuman Systems Model (Neuman, 2011) and Kahn and colleagues (1964) Organizational Role Theory, examined the relations between role stress, eating behaviors, and obesity in Lutheran Church Missouri Synod clergy.;Method. This was a randomized, cross sectional, web based study (N = 430), response rate 38%. Variables were measured by the Role Conflict and Ambiguity Scales (Rizzo, House, & Lirtzman, 1970); Emotional and Restrained Eating Behavior Scales of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (Van Strien, Frijters, Bergers, & DeFares, 1986), and self-report of height and weight for BMI calculation.;Findings. Obesity was high (overweight/obese 81.4%, obese 36.7%). Emotional eating behavior partially mediates the relation between role stress and obesity (∼ 77--78%), and restrained eating was not a mediator. In ancillary analysis, restrained eating was found to moderate the relation between emotional eating and obesity. Low social support was the most significant contributor to role stress (r = -.41, p < .0001), which was moderate.;Conclusions. Emotional eating partially mediates the relation between role stress and obesity. Restrained eating appears to moderate the relation between emotional eating and obesity. Future studies should examine the relation between role stress and the ability, rather than the intent, to restrain eating. Regarding Neuman's model, revisions to tests of relations between the normal line of defense and core response were proposed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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D.N.S.
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Program
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Nursing Studies
