Date of Award
1979
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
First Advisor
Diana Richards
Second Advisor
Bonnie Walbran
Abstract
Four hundred twenty-five women religious from one order, residing in the midwestern states of Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana, were mailed a questionnaire designed to determine the amount of stress experienced in one year, and the amount of illness suffered by those same persona during the same time period. Two hundred fourteen sisters responded to the questionnaire. Analysis of data by age groups revealed positive correlations between life stress and illness. Comparison of illness score between older and younger sisters showed no significant differences. Young sister tended to have high stress and illness scores, whereas older sisters had lower stress scores, but higher amounts of illness. The higher illness scores among older sisters seemed to be accounted tor by an increase in the number of chronic, age-related illnesses rather than a change in the incidence of acute illness. The greatest stressor reported by sisters of all ages was the lack of sufficient time- time tor prayer, retreat, vacation, home visit, planning of ministry, personal renewal, friends, and self.
Recommended Citation
Mangelsdorf, Ann, "Lite Change and Illness in A Group o! Women Religious in the Midwest from March 11 1978, through March 1, 1979" (1979). Theses. 1034.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1034
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