Supervisor-Student Interaction and Psychological Anxiety Alleviation of Postgraduates——An Empirical Study based on the 2021 National Survey of Graduated Postgraduates
The mental health problem of postgraduates has been a hot topic in the academic circle in recent years.An empirical study based on the data from a large sample survey nationwide of 338 postgraduate training units 2021 finds that:Both the system with the guidance of a supervisor independently selected by a student and the system with the guidance of a group of supervisors can significantly reduce the anxiety of academic master students during their studies;the frequency and effect of the supervisor-student interaction have"two-way"influence on incidence rates of different anxiety types of academic master students:The influence can lead to significant reduction of the incidence rate caused by dissertation anxiety,as well as lead to significant increase of the incidence rate caused by the anxiety for the recognition of the research work;the heterogeneity of the supervisor-student interaction reveals the diversity of sources(types)and the complexity of the mechanism of psychological anxiety in postgraduates;and a better understanding of the influence mechanism and path of the supervisor-student interaction on the psychological anxiety of postgraduates is conducive to the academic community to better understand the psychological problems faced by postgraduates and seek relief strategies and policy improvement from the perspective of supervisor-student interaction.
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