Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-AWARENESS ASPECT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING OF PRESBYTERIAN CLERGY IN KENYA
Author: Fredrick Gitonga Kaugi, Prof. Beatrice Mwarania Mburugu, Dr. John Mwithalii Kamoyo & Dr. Eric Mwenda
Abstract The Presbyterian clergy in Kenya are tasked with numerous duties of maintaining the church administration, church membership, guidance and counselling. The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and psychological wellbeing of Presbyterian clergy in Kenya. The targeted population for this study was all the 437 ministers and 437 Pairing Elders. The researcher sampled 88 parishes using stratified random sampling. From each of the sampled parishes, the clergy and the pairing elder were purposively sampled. The resultant sample was 176 respondents. A questionnaire, psychological wellbeing test tool and emotional intelligence test tool were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data obtained, using frequency counts, percentages and weighted averages. The results of data analysis were presented using tables, bar graphs and pie charts. The study established that that the self-awareness component of emotional intelligence had an influence on their psychological wellbeing, where most of the clergy had high levels of self-awareness. The concern was the clergy who did not have adequate levels of self-awareness, as was seen in the findings. The researcher recommends that the Presbyterian Church general assembly should enact policies for recruitment of their clergy, to include self-awareness tests so as to assess the self-awareness of the clergy they are recruiting. They should set a threshold where the clergy has to pass, so as to ensure that the clergy in service are self-aware, and thus can adequately handle the congregation issues, as well as their personal issues. This will help the church to have effective clergy and thus will be beneficial to the clergy, and the congregation at large.
•ISSN: 2213-1356
•Publisher: Scholar Touch Publishers
•Area/Scope: Business, Economics & Management; Social Science, Literature, Arts & Humanities; Engineering & Technology; Life Science & Physical Science, Health & Medical Science
•Frequency: Monthly
•Format: Online & Print
•Language: English
•Review Process: Double Blinded
•Access: Open Access