A network approach to PhD students' well-being. Insights into risk and protective factors.

Autor/inn/en	Solms, Luisa; u.a.
Titel	A network approach to PhD students' well-being. Insights into risk and protective factors.
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 15 (2025) 4, S. 571-598Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235; 2156-8243
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2024.2409153
Schlagwörter	Lehre; Gesundheitszustand; Studium; Studentenschaft; Student; Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	Due to the high demands of doctoral education, concerns have been raised about PhD students' well-being. In addition to the adverse individual impact, poor well-being of PhD students is also problematic for universities, which might lose talented researchers via absenteeism and drop-out. Despite substantial knowledge about factors influencing well-being in academia, we know little about how these factors jointly promote or impede PhD students' well-being. We applied network analysis, alongside regression analysis, to cross-sectional data from 665 PhD students in the Netherlands to explore how PhD students' job demands, job resources, and personal resources are associated with subjective and archival well-being indices. Findings suggest that job demands, job resources, and personal resources influence PhD students' well-being directly and indirectly via associations with other factors. Among job demands, both publication pressure and work-home conflict were associated with higher burnout. Additionally, work-home conflict was associated with higher sickness absenteeism. Psychological capital stood out as the most important resource within the network and was related to lower burnout, higher engagement, and lower sickness absenteeism. By highlighting the importance of personal resources, particularly psychological capital, for PhD students' well-being, this study can guide the development of interventions to promote PhD students' well-being. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2026/3