What is it about?
Engaging in self-care practices impacted psychology doctoral students’ stress levels and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this study identify a need for psychology graduate training programs to model and emphasize self-care practices.
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Why is it important?
The results of our study suggest that the psychology doctoral students benefit from graduate programs that encourage and promote self-care practice, particularly during times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that consistent self-care practice can help reduce graduate student stress and enhance student’s quality of life.
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I hope this article will encourage graduate training programs in psychology to assess their program's emphasis on self-care and adjust their curriculum accordingly. Graduate school in psychology has unique challenges that can create barriers to consistent self-care practice for students. I would like to bring attention to this topic because it is not often discussed during psychology graduate training. Psychology doctoral students would greatly benefit from learning more about self-care and how it can be implemented.
Marissa Geary
Kean University
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This page is a summary of: Psychology doctoral students’ self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relationships among satisfaction with life, stress levels, and self-compassion., Training and Education in Professional Psychology, July 2023, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/tep0000444.
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