Pastoral care and AIDS: Assessing the stress and satisfaction from caring for persons with AIDS

Joseph R. Ferrari; Leonard A. Jason; Doreen Salina

doi:10.1007/BF02274770

Pastoral care and AIDS: Assessing the stress and satisfaction from caring for persons with AIDS

Joseph R. Ferrari^*, Leonard A. Jason, Doreen Salina

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Members from religious communities in New York City (17 men, 8 women) who volunteer pastoral care to persons with AIDS completed and returned through the mail the (AIDS) Caregiver Scale and the Attitudes toward AIDS Scale. Results indicated that satisfaction from providing care was related to pastoral training, an understanding of the spiritual nature of death, and a positive attitude toward persons with AIDS. Self-reported stress from providing care was inversely related to pastoral training to deal with death. The pastoral volunteers also reported greater satisfaction and lower stress from caregiving than volunteer “buddies” from upstate New York.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	99-110
Number of pages	12
Journal	Pastoral Psychology
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02274770
State	Published - Jan 1 1995

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