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‘A Source of Sanity’: The Role of Social Support for Doctoral Candidates’ Belonging and Becoming

机译：“理智之源”：博士候选人的社会支持的作用

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Aim/Purpose: This paper investigates the role of social support in the PhD. Despite universities’ efforts to provide a collegial PhD experience, candidates report isolation and loneliness in doctoral education – a factor contributing to attrition. Background: Previous research (Mantai & Dowling, 2015) defined social support in four categories: moral, emotional, guiding and mentoring, companionship, and collegiality. Social support is facilitated in various formal and informal groupings. Socialisation into scholarly communities promotes researcher identities through a sense of belonging. Developing a strong researcher identity through social connections benefits a student’s physical and emotional well-being, PhD progress, and investment in researcher careers. Methodology: This paper is based on thematic analysis of focus groups and one-on-one interviews with 64 PhD candidates from two Australian metropolitan universities. Contribution: Students’ perspectives on social support during PhD study are largely missing in the literature, as more importance is placed on academic support. This paper provides rich empirical evidence to show that support afforded by candidates’ personal, social, and professional relationships is critical in doctoral candidates’ identity development. Findings: First, investigating social support from the student perspective shows that it promotes students’ researcher identity development, sense of belonging, and community. Second, the paper extends our understanding of what social support means as it examines this concept in the context of student diversity. This paper confirms social support in the PhD extends beyond the institutional higher degree research environment and includes outside support by family, friends as well as online communities. Recommendations for Practitioners: Promote and improve support services, networking opportunities, and social connections within academia and beyond. Invest in understanding students’ diverse backgrounds and individual circumstances as well as goals. Recommendation for Researchers: Evaluate existing social support structures in place and identify social support needs of doctoral candidates at your particular institution. Impact on Society: Institutions, governments, and individuals heavily invest in PhD degrees financially and psychologically. This research aims to improve outcomes for society by developing skilled and confident graduates. Future Research: Future research ought to focus on the issues experienced by students of particular demographic backgrounds and on how to best support them.
机译：目的/目的：本文研究了社会支持在博士中的作用。尽管大学努力提供大学博士学位的经历，但考生仍报告博士教育受到孤立和孤独–这是导致人员流失的一个因素。背景：先前的研究（Mantai＆Dowling，2015年）将社会支持定义为四个类别：道德，情感，指导和指导，陪伴和合议。在各种正式和非正式团体中都促进了社会支持。学术界的社会化通过一种归属感来促进研究者的身份。通过社交关系建立牢固的研究者身份，有利于学生的身心健康，博士学位发展以及对研究者职业的投资。方法：本文是基于对主题小组的主题分析和一对来自澳大利亚两所都市大学的64名博士候选人的一对一访谈。贡献：在博士学习期间，学生对社会支持的观点在文献中被大量遗漏，因为对学术支持的重视程度更高。本文提供了丰富的经验证据，表明候选人的个人，社会和专业关系所提供的支持对于博士候选人的身份发展至关重要。研究发现：首先，从学生的角度调查社会支持，可以促进学生研究者身份的发展，归属感和社区意识。第二，本文扩展了我们对社会支持意味着什么的理解，因为它在学生多元化的背景下研究了这个概念。本文证实了博士学位中的社会支持不仅仅限于高等院校的研究环境，还包括家人，朋友以及在线社区的外部支持。给从业者的建议：促进和改善学术界内外的支持服务，网络机会和社会联系。投资于了解学生的不同背景，个人情况以及目标。对研究人员的建议：评估现有的社会支持结构，并确定您特定机构的博士候选人的社会支持需求。对社会的影响：机构，政府和个人在财务和心理上大量投资于博士学位。这项研究旨在通过培养熟练和自信的毕业生来改善社会成果。未来的研究：未来的研究应集中于特定人口背景的学生所遇到的问题以及如何为他们提供最佳支持。

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