Psychological Predictors of Professional Burnout among Priests, Religious Brothers, and Religious Sisters in Italy: The Dark Triad versus the Bright Trinity?

Abstract Drawing on data provided by 287 Catholic priests, religious brothers, and sisters from different parts of Italy (130 men 157 women), this study explored the effect three dark psychological variables bright levels professional burnout as assessed two scales Francis Burnout Inventory (emotional exhaustion satisfaction in ministry). The Short Dark Triad were Machiavellianism, subclinical narcissism, psychopathy. purpose life, emotional intelligence, faith. After controlling for personal factors (age sex) personality (extraversion emotionality), demonstrated that (purpose faith) served independent cumulative predictors higher ministry had no ministry. Two (Machiavellianism, psychopathy) ministry, life a predictor lower