Ask for Help from Others or from Yourself?——A Rationale Analysis of Academic Postgraduates Dealing with The Supervisor-student Alienation
Supervisor-student alienation,characterized by psychological strain and interaction failures within academic relationships,detrimentally affects their development.Addressing this alienation is crucial for fostering healthy supervisory connections.This paper investigates the choices of action and influencing factors in how different types of full-time academic master's students cope with supervisor-student alienation,based on interviews with 25 such students.Firstly,a"circular model"of coping strategies was developed,categorizing students into four types:negotiative,accommodative,dependent,and passive.These types employed distinct strategies across scenarios of acquaintance,cultivation,autonomy,and redefinition,reflecting two primary coping trajectories:seeking external assistance and fostering self-reliance.Secondly,the influence of interactive roles,rules,and content on these coping mechanisms was analyzed,leading to targeted suggestions for improving supervisor-student interactions.
alienation between supervisors and postgraduatesacademic postgraduatessupervisory-postgraduate relationship