Study Engagement and Burnout of the PhD Candidates in Medicine: A Person-Centered Approach.

ABSTRACT: This study focused on exploring individual variations in doctoral candidates' well-being, in terms of experienced research engagement and burnout by using a person-centered approach. In addition, the associations between well-being profiles and gender, country of origin, study status (full-time or part-time), research group status and drop-out intentions were explored. The participants were 692 PhD candidates in the field of medicine. Latent profile analysis was employed to identify the well-being profiles. Four distinct profiles were identified: high engagement-low burnout, high engagement-moderate burnout, moderate engagement-moderate burnout, and moderate engagement-high burnout. Working in a clinical unit or hospital and working in a research group seemed to be related to

SUBMITTER: Tikkanen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650111 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature