Resilience Within Graduate Students: How Can Graduate-Level Institutions Invoke Greater Resilience and Improved Emotional Well-Being for Their Students?

Gutzmer, Lynsey Mae (2024) Resilience Within Graduate Students: How Can Graduate-Level Institutions Invoke Greater Resilience and Improved Emotional Well-Being for Their Students? Master Essay, University of Pittsburgh.

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Abstract

Graduate students experience a heightened level of mental health problems due to the rigor of their programs, responsibilities in their personal lives, and the pressure they have to succeed. While graduate institutions and professional programs offer student wellness resources, such as access to school-wide counseling or program specific counseling and therapy, these resources are not robust. Poor student wellness can lead to serious and life-threatening behaviors such as alcoholism, drug abuse, or eating disorders; which can affect their professional careers and impact all aspects of their lives. However, as students are resilient, many graduate student will continue degree programs while dealing with heavy personal matters. Students persevere during intense schooling due to the fact that there is often an end goal in sight. Nevertheless, there needs to be change in the world of graduate academia. Scholars have theorized different methods to aid student wellness, such as adding course work focused on creating healthy mindsets, implementing new operating procedures at graduate institutions, and even just increasing visibility to counseling and wellness resources. This essay recommends that graduate institutions need to change operating procedures to become more friendly to student mental health. Graduate and pre-professional students can benefit the addition of mental health focused programs such as peer mentorship, counseling sessions, and even curricula that teaches students to maintain mental wellness through schooling and their respective careers. In addition this essay recommends that schools implement some program for new students regarding wellness practices within their industry.

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Item Type:	Other Thesis, Dissertation, or Long Paper (Master Essay)
Status:	Unpublished
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Gutzmer, Lynsey Mae lyg13@pitt.edu LYG13
Contributors:	Contribution Contributors Name Email Pitt Username ORCID Committee Chair Hershey, Tina Batra tbh16@pitt.edu TBH16 UNSPECIFIED Committee Member Sinsheimer, Ann ans24@pitt.edu ANS24 UNSPECIFIED
Date:	14 May 2024
Date Type:	Completion
Number of Pages:	62
Institution:	University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs:	School of Public Health > Health Policy & Management
Degree:	MPH - Master of Public Health
Thesis Type:	Master Essay
Refereed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	14 May 2024 19:45
Last Modified:	14 May 2024 19:45
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/45890

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