Understanding Graduate Student Parents: Influence of Parental Status, Gender, and Major on Graduate Students’ Motivation, Stress, and Satisfaction

2022 ◽  
pp. 152102512110722
Author(s):  
Hyeon Jean Yoo ◽  
David T. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Parental Status ◽  
Special Population ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Student Parents ◽  
And Gender

Graduate student parents are a unique subpopulation in higher education that accounts for a large proportion of graduate students. While student parents struggle to balance multiple roles, female students in STEM fields may face more significant barriers in balancing family and academic responsibilities compared to male graduate student parents or female students in non-STEM fields. Despite the urgent need to support this special population, little attention has been paid to how parental status, major, and gender affect graduate students. In this quantitative study of 545 graduate students, we examined the influence of parental status, major, and gender on motivation, stress, and satisfaction. A series of factorial ANOVAs found significant differences in motivation and mental health between graduate student parents and non-parents. Our findings highlight the importance of providing adequate resources to graduate students according to their status.

scholarly journals Korean Female Graduate Students’ Experiences in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Eun Hong
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Model Minority ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Model Minority Stereotype ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Gender

The unique experiences of Korean female graduate students (KFGS) in the United States (US) have not received much attention or been discussed although Korea has been one of the leading countries sending students to the US. By examining literature regarding the experiences of KFGS studying and living in the US, this paper reports their challenges (e.g., racial and gender discrimination, the model minority stereotype, and multiple roles as students and as wives and/or mothers) and ways to respond to those challenges. This paper also urges to conduct more research on lives of KFGS to make them visible and heard in US academia.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES AND GENDER UPON MENTAL HEALTH OF POST GRADUATE STUDENTS IN KOLKATA

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Sujata Saha*
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
And Gender

Mental health or subjective well-being makes up an integral part of an individual's capacity to lead a fulfilling life, including the ability to form and maintain relationships ,to study ,work or pursue leisure interests and to make day- today decisions about educational , employment ,housing or other choices . Disturbances to an individual's mental wellbeing can adversely compromise these capacities and choices,leading not only to diminish functioning at the individual level but also broader welfare losses at the household and societal level.Social and psychological scientists have been studying something positive in the domain of subjective well-being – individual's evaluations and judgement of their own lives for about 50 years.(Keyes ,2006b).When factor analysed , studies showed that the manifold scales measuring subjective well-being present the latent structure of hedonic well-being (i.e, positive emotions towards one's life) or eudemonic well being (i.e positive psychological and social functioning in life;Keyes,Shmotkin & Ryff ,2002;McGregor &Little ,1998;Ryan & Deci ,2001).Against this backdrop the paper examines that educational courses as well as gender showed some impact upon mental health –the subjective well-being that constructed difference in the roles and responsibilities of male and female college students from post-graduation in Kolkata.Three hypotheses were formed. The findings spoke clearly about i a) Mental health varies according to the different educational course of the students.ib) Mental health varies according to the gender of the students ic) There is an impact of interaction between different educational courses and gender on mental health of the students.A two way ANOVA was conducted to find the interaction effect of educational courses and gender upon mental health of post graduate students studying in Kolkata. Results indicated a significant interaction effect of educational courses and gender upon mental health of the students group.

Making Space for Graduate Student Parents

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen W. Springer ◽  
Brenda K. Parker ◽  
Catherine Leviten-Reid
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Women In Academia ◽  
Student Parents ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
Work Family ◽  
University Services ◽  
Phd Programs ◽  
Detailed Presentation

Work—family issues of graduate students are nearly invisible, despite record numbers of men and women in graduate school during their peak childbearing years. Furthermore, very little is known about what, if any, services are available for graduate student parents. In this article we describe the theoretical and practical tensions between society's view of idealized mothering and academia's vision of graduate students as idealized workers. We then present results of a survey about parental supports for graduate students administered to graduate directors of sociology PhD programs. The results demonstrate that few official policies exist, most situations are accommodated individually, and graduate directors are often unaware of university services for graduate student parents. The article concludes with a detailed presentation of potential departmental and university initiatives designed to support graduate student parents. These initiatives can be readily incorporated by graduate departments and universities to help curb the leaking pipeline of women in academia.

scholarly journals Work-Related Mental Health Issues in Graduate Student Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Ignacio Gallea ◽  
Leonardo Adrián Medrano ◽  
Luis Pedro Morera
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Student Population ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
The Impact

The scientific and educational community is becoming increasingly aware of the impact of current academic working conditions on graduate students’ mental health and how this is affecting scientific progress and ultimately society as a whole. Our study aimed to shed light on the work-related mental health issues affecting graduate students, providing a comprehensive research work including psychological and biological assessment. Our findings showed that a sizeable number of graduate student present anxiety, depression, or high burnout and that the time spent in academia plays an important role. The graduate student population displayed a specific work-related mental health issues profile with an altered hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and low levels of work engagement. Finally, graduate students were equally stressed, with less work engagement, and more anxious and depressed than general workers.

Mental Health, Work, and Gender

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Dennerstein
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Paid Employment ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Mental Health Work

Women have significantly higher prevalence rates than men for many mental disorders, particularly affective disorders. Married women are more at risk for mental ill-health than single women or married men. The detrimental effects of marriage on mental health appear to relate to the contexts of role performances and the reduction in opportunities in paid employment. This review examines the influence of women's paid and unpaid domestic work and roles on mental health. Many studies show positive effects of paid employment on mental health, and multiple roles have been found to have beneficial rather than adverse effects on mental health. However, husbands' negative attitudes to women's paid employment, with resultant marital conflict, and husbands' lack of participation in child care may erode these potential beneficial effects.

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