The Mental Health Consequences of Work-Life and Life-Work Conflicts for STEM Postdoctoral Trainees

Pitt, Richard; Taşkin, Yasemin; Shell, Imani A.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750490

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“…undergraduate, graduate), research about postdoctoral trainees is scarce. As taking on a postdoctoral appointment is becoming increasingly normative in STEM disciplines in the USA, particularly in the biological and biomedical sciences (Ahmed et al , 2015; Pitt et al , 2021), understanding the behaviors, motivations and issues of identity among individuals at this level is important for building a more complete picture of influences on attrition from and persistence in STEM disciplines and careers.…”

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“…We used a Web-based survey to gather information from 215 STEM postdoctoral appointees. We believe that postdoctoral trainees in STEM, particularly those doing postdocs in academic contexts, are a useful population for this investigation because we expect them to be firmer in their sense of themselves as scientists than the undergraduate or graduate students that similar research has been based upon (Pitt et al , 2021). In 2017, staff members in the Offices of Postdoctoral Affairs at 30 research-intensive doctoral universities forwarded our invitation to participate in the research to their cohorts of postdoctoral trainees.…”

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When talent goes unrecognized: racial discrimination, community recognition, and STEM postdocs’ science identities

Brockman

Naphan‐Kingery

Pitt

2022

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Purpose While science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) postdoctoral scholars often enter their positions with strong science identities, racially marginalized scholars are often not treated as scientists, which can weaken their science identities. This study aims to examine how racial discrimination negatively affects their science identities in STEM and the importance of community recognition in mitigating these effects. Design/methodology/approach The authors use reflected appraisals and identity theory to theoretically guide this work. The data are based on a survey of 215 postdoctoral scholars in STEM disciplines. Findings The authors find that community recognition mediates the negative relationship between perceived discrimination and postdoctoral scholars’ science identities. Research limitations/implications The study shows the importance of recognizing the achievements and identities of underrepresented STEM scholars to counteract the chronic and cumulative identity nonverification that leaves talent unrecognized and disrupts scholars’ science identities. Originality/value The authors explore the negative impact of discriminatory experiences on the importance individuals place on their identities as scientists and if this can be affected by the degree to which they feel that other scientists recognize them as competent scientists among a group of scholars who have earned the highest of academic degrees, and who are also relatively understudied: postdocs.

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When talent goes unrecognized: racial discrimination, community recognition, and STEM postdocs’ science identities

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Naphan‐Kingery

Pitt

2022

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“…An imbalance, or conflict, implies that work duties hinder their ability to fulfill life roles or vice versa ( Greenhaus and Beutell, 1985 ; Frone, 2000 ; Amstad et al, 2011 ). Postdoctoral fellows experience conflicts between their professional and personal responsibilities and achieving work-life balance is crucial for them ( Pitt et al, 2021 ).…”

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How does workplace support promote postdoctoral career growth? A conservation of resources perspective

Li,

Hu,

Song

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundPostdoctoral researchers are critical to scholarly advancements, and promoting postdoctoral career growth is an endogenous path to help postdocs break through the “encircled city of scientific research”. However, further research is needed to fully explore the mechanisms that connect workplace support to postdoctoral career growth.MethodsDrawing from the Conservation of Resources theory, this study proposes a chain mediation model that demonstrates how workplace support enhances career growth by connecting psychological capital with work-life balance. To understand the motivation and career growth of postdocs in China, we conducted two questionnaires in 2021 and 2023 with the support of relevant stations.ResultsAnalyzing 367 questionnaires from Chinese postdocs, our research indicates that workplace support has a positive impact on career growth. Additionally, both psychological capital and work-life balance are key factors that contribute to career growth, serving as separate mediators and as part of a chain of mediators.DiscussionThis study validates the appropriateness of the Conservation of Resources theory in the study of the influence mechanism of postdoctoral career growth and proposes targeted strategies for academic institutions to improve support systems, promoting more effective career development pathways.

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“…Five studies investigate the association between work-life imbalance and employee mental health problem. [84][85][86][87] This research report was conducted in countries:…”

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The Association Between Work-life Balance and Employee Mental Health: A systemic review

Muhammad

2023

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The existence of an association between work-life balance and mental health in employees has not been found. The purpose of the systematic review is to assess the relationship between work-life balance and mental health among employees. This study used the SLR method; a literature search was conducted on the PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Crossref databases in early January 2023. The results showed n = 79 on Scopus, n = 2 on PubMed, n = 147 on Google Scholar, and n = 4000 on Crossref. After PRISMA analysis, n = 30 studies were included in the review. Number of reviews Positive correlation between work-life balance and positive mental health (n = 19); positive correlation between work-life balance and positive mental health (n = 7); positive correlation between work-life imbalance and positive mental health (n = 4). Countries where research was conducted: Malaysia, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Spanish, Nigeria, Ghana, Australia, New Zealand Maori, China, UK, Chinese, New Zealand European, French, Italian, Brazil, Canada, Taiwan, Egyptian, Saudi, Switzerland, and America. Positive mental health variations that have a positive relationship with work-life balance are psychological well-being, resilience, life satisfaction, well-being, positive mental health, higher job satisfaction, lower turnover intention, psychological well-being, well-being, job performance, and work involvement. There are a variety of workers: priests, public servants, lecturers, campus administrative staff, bankers, high school teachers, academics, media workers, midwives, and professors. Depression, anxiety, mental burden, work stress, the severity of insomnia, burnout, turnover intention, and technostress are all variations of mental health problems that have a positive relationship with work-life balance. Worker variations include bankers, health care professionals, work-from-home moms, working students, bus transportation workers, and full-time insurance tech employees.

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The Mental Health Consequences of Work-Life and Life-Work Conflicts for STEM Postdoctoral Trainees

Cited by 14 publications

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When talent goes unrecognized: racial discrimination, community recognition, and STEM postdocs’ science identities

When talent goes unrecognized: racial discrimination, community recognition, and STEM postdocs’ science identities

How does workplace support promote postdoctoral career growth? A conservation of resources perspective

The Association Between Work-life Balance and Employee Mental Health: A systemic review

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