Researcher Mental Health COST Action
Published January 12, 2023 | Version v1
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Developing PsyCap and Self-Compassion in PhD Students: The Effects of two Training Interventions on Well-Being

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  • 1. University of Amsterdam

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PhD students are increasingly suffering from mental health problems. Compared to the normal population, PhD students are six times more likely to develop anxiety or depression (Evans et al., 2018). Although research has produced substantial knowledge about factors contributing to PhD students’ ill-being (e.g., publication pressure, work-home conflict, career uncertainty, self-doubt; Schmidt & Hansson, 2018), little is known about how to support PhD students in practice. Given PhD students’ individual suffering as well as its impact on department and institution functioning, intervention strategies to support PhD students are strongly needed.

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This document is part of the Book of Abstracts of the ReMO 2022 Conference that was organized within the framework of COST Action CA19117 - "Researcher Mental Health".

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