The aim of this dissertation is to provide a more comprehensive personality profile of the clergy using the Eysenck Personality Profiler in order to establish whether or not there is a distinctive clergy personality. A questionnaire was sent to all clergy ordained into the Anglican Church in Britain and Ireland between 1992 and 1996. The questionnaire received a response rate between 62% and 72% over the five years. The first part of the dissertation discusses the development of Hans J Eysenck’s model of personality. Chapter one reviews the history of the development of the personality scales developed by Hans J Eysenck and his associates. Chapter two, chapter three and chapter four describe the development of these questionnaires through the higher order factors of
neuroticism, extraversión and psychoticism. Chapter five describes previous research amongst the clergy using the various personality scales developed by Eysenck and his associates. Chapter six investigates the development of the Eysenck Personality Profiler and previous research undertaken using this scale.
The second part of the dissertation describes the new survey. Chapter seven describes the clergy survey, chapter eight, chapter nine and chapter ten describe the results of the seven aspects making up the higher order dimensions of neuroticism, extraversión and psychoticism. The final part of the dissertation draws together the conclusions and interprets these data for the life and ministry of the church.