Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2022 Aug-Sep;70(6):1858-1866. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1841207. Epub 2021 Jan 31.
Graduate students report high levels of distress, levels that professionals are calling a mental health crisis. Researchers have identified several factors that may exacerbate student distress, but our objective was to assess positive aspects that may attenuate distress. Over 3600 graduate students from 10 campuses responded to questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms as well as both positive and negative aspects of their current lives. Both negative factors (financial concerns, poor mentorship, and perceived institutional discrimination) and positive factors (social support, departmental social climate, and optimism about their career prospects) are related to depressive symptoms in the expected directions, although the positive factors have stronger effects. Further, positive factors buffer the effects of the negative aspects on depressive symptoms. Although findings are correlational and do not imply causation, results suggest potentially modifiable factors that universities should consider when considering graduate student well-being.
研究生报告说他们感到高度困扰，专业人士称这是一场心理健康危机。研究人员已经确定了一些可能会加剧学生困扰的因素，但我们的目标是评估可能减轻困扰的积极方面。来自 10 个校区的 3600 多名研究生对问卷做出了回应，问卷评估了他们的抑郁症状以及他们当前生活的积极和消极方面。负面因素（财务问题、不良指导和感知到的机构歧视）和积极因素（社会支持、部门社会氛围和对职业前景的乐观态度）都与抑郁症状呈预期方向相关，尽管积极因素的影响更强。此外，积极因素缓冲了消极因素对抑郁症状的影响。尽管调查结果是相关的，并不意味着存在因果关系，但研究结果表明，大学在考虑研究生的幸福感时应该考虑到一些潜在的可改变因素。
