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Predictors of UK postgraduate researcher attendance behaviours and mental health-related attrition intention

Berry, Clio, Niven, Jeremy E., Hazell, Cassie M.·2023·Current Psychology
DOI 10.1007/s12144-022-04055-1PMC PMC9734398
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High rates of postgraduate researchers (PGRs) terminate their studies early. This attrition can have detrimental personal consequences, and results in a loss of productivity, and research and innovation for the higher education sector and society as a whole. PGRs are vulnerable to the experience of mental health problems; a factor that appears to be increasing attrition amongst students in the UK. However, investigation of the determinants of problems with PGRs’ attendance and influencing intention to discontinue their studies is rare. Here, we consider the relative predictive validity of a set of putative predictors (mental health symptoms, demographic, occupational, psychological, social, and relational) of attendance behaviours (absenteeism, presenteeism, mental health-related intermission) and early attrition intention amongst UK PGRs. Depression, anxiety, and suicidality predicted attendance behaviours and greater attrition intention. Individual demographic and occupational factors predicted all outcomes. Psychological, social and relational factors had less predictive validity, although individual variables in these conceptual clusters did significantly predict some outcomes. Our results suggest that interventions to reduce high rates of mental health problems are likely to improve attendance behaviours, and reduce the extent to which PGRs intermit or consider ending their PhD studies for mental health-related reasons. Initiatives designed to improve supervisory relationships and reduce loneliness may also reduce absenteeism, intermission and attrition intention.

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Authors
Berry, C., Niven, J. E., & Hazell, C. M.
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Current Psychology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2022-12-08
Volume
42
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34
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30521-30534
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  • 1046-1310
  • 1936-4733
DOI
10.1007/s12144-022-04055-1
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PMC9734398
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Office for Students and Research England (Supporting postgraduate researcher mental health, wellbeing P6)

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