Why is graduate life "stressful"? Author: Source: On-the-job Postgraduate Education Network upload time: 2015-04-0914: 42: 05

Stress is a kind of oppressed feeling that an individual can't eliminate the threat and get rid of the predicament when facing the threatening stimulus. Stress has a great influence on people's body and mind. Living under pressure for a long time will cause many negative emotional reactions, such as fear, anxiety, depression, indifference and so on. It is one of the reasons for psychological adaptation difficulties and even mental illness. Some experts and scholars have investigated the psychological problems and pressures of graduate students. Xin Lingling and Zhang Ping obtained this result through structured interviews with graduate students in science and engineering colleges. The pressure of graduate students mainly comes from the following aspects: academic pressure accounts for 82.6%, employment pressure accounts for 62.3%, interpersonal pressure accounts for 24.6%, economic pressure accounts for 18.8%, and other pressures mainly refer to personality, appearance, physique and personal situation. Studies have shown that the physical and mental health of graduate students is generally worse than that of undergraduates, and 37.3% of graduate students have psychological problems, a large part of which comes from stress.

First, academic pressure.

There are great differences between postgraduate study and undergraduate study. It doesn't seem difficult to pass the exam and complete the credits, but it may not be easy to publish a few academic papers in public. It is easy to accept knowledge and learn with an open mind, but how easy is it to innovate and discover something? Many graduate students are admitted after some hard work, which consumes a lot of energy and physical strength. Before they catch their breath, they must invest in new research. They will also encounter challenges in their learning methods, from the "back understanding" learning method to the "research" learning method, and the learning intensity is much greater than that of undergraduates. When I was in graduate school, I was often upside down day and night, quiet at night and quick-thinking. I often study until after midnight and wake up at noon the next day. An undergraduate student of Nanjing Normal University has been studying for a master's degree for three years and has not eaten breakfast for nearly two years. She has many tutors and students, and at the same time has administrative duties, so she has no time to tutor students one by one. Graduate students can basically rely on themselves. In addition, in recent years, many colleges and universities have implemented hard passing indicators for graduate students, such as academic papers, dissertations and foreign languages, and some schools have even adopted the way of elimination from the bottom. Some students can't graduate normally because they can't finish the number of published papers, so they have to "go with the flow" at school.

Second, employment pressure.

Employment pressure is basically a heavy pressure that every graduate student who wants to graduate will experience. After the enrollment expansion, the base of graduate students is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of jobs provided by the market can't keep up with the enrollment expansion. Employers gradually tend to be rational in choosing graduates. Many companies say that talents pay more attention to ability and experience, and academic qualifications are just for reference. However, the limited demand for teaching and scientific research talents in colleges and universities mostly requires "doctors or above", which makes the majority of master students encounter employment embarrassment, and the pressure of repeated job-hunting failures caused by fierce competition and weak competitiveness can be imagined. Of course, there are still many people who find good jobs in this employment situation, which requires not only opportunities, but also excellent talents. One of my classmates is a good example. He passed the exam as an English major. During his stay at school, he not only made up several specialized courses for undergraduates, but also read widely, thought deeply and kept writing papers with his own opinions. At the same time, he did not forget his old job, and used his spare time to give English lessons to training schools to reduce the burden on his family. Three years later, he made some money. He published more than ten papers, which is the most among our classmates. More interestingly, when looking for a job, the examiner asked to give lectures in English. His fluent English and profound professional accumulation compared with the competitors of several famous schools such as Beijing Normal University and South Normal University, the school signed a contract with him immediately, which became a beautiful talk of our school for a while. It is said that it is difficult to find a job now. In fact, it should be that I am not competent enough or will not create opportunities. Opportunity always favors those who are prepared.

Third, interpersonal tension.

Interpersonal relationship is also a very important aspect that brings pressure to graduate students. The postgraduate period is even different from the undergraduate period. If the undergraduate course is to experience half of the society, then the graduate students will be close to three quarters of the society, and everyone has their own living space. Some graduate students are married, not just young people in their twenties. Students' complicated backgrounds will certainly form more complicated interpersonal relationships. Many graduate students' depression, irritability and anxiety are all caused by unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships. Many graduate suicides reported in newspapers are also related to bad interpersonal relationships. A female graduate student in a university in Shanghai, 28 years old, is excellent in all aspects. She grew up with flowers and aura. At the graduate stage, because she could not cope with complicated interpersonal relationships, she chose to jump off a building to commit suicide. This caused quite a stir in 2006.

Fourth, emotional problems.

Emotional problems are also an important aspect that puzzles graduate students. Graduate students are generally not too young. At this age, they generally have to complete life events such as falling in love, getting married and having children. However, the special lifestyle of graduate students makes everyone's life relatively closed, lacking public space for direct face-to-face communication with others, with a small interpersonal circle and imbalance between men and women, making it difficult to find an ideal partner. Isn't this putting pressure on unmarried graduate students?

Verb (abbreviation for verb) economic pressure

Economic pressure has become a very important pressure for graduate students today. First, the education fee. Public places are scarce, and most graduate students are at their own expense. The average tuition fee for graduate students is about 30 thousand, and that for doctoral students is 45 thousand. Students from rural areas often have poor economic conditions at home and cannot provide them with adequate financial assistance. Their pressure is obviously higher than that of urban students. Second, the subsidy is small and the cost is large. The school subsidizes 300 yuan, a master student, and 500 yuan, a doctoral student every month, which is not enough for living expenses and can't find a satisfactory part-time job. Even if you have a part-time job, it is not worth the loss, because there is too much time and low pay, which conflicts with academic work and cannot be handled well. Married graduate students also have family financial pressure, and students who are in love are in urgent need of funds. In addition, the cost of publishing papers and finding jobs after graduation also puts a heavy economic burden on the majority of graduate students.

Sixth, role conflict.

The particularity of graduate students determines the complexity of their social roles. Failure to handle the relationship between various roles will bring great psychological pressure. Many students take the postgraduate entrance examination after work and become students at school, but they are still fathers, husbands, wives and children at home. They should not only do well in their studies, but also bear the burden of their families and handle housework. When I was at school, I had a brother. His son is only one and a half years old. Although there are old people at home to help with the children, the contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is always bothering him. Either the wife said that her mother-in-law was not good at cooking, or the mother sued her daughter-in-law for staying out all day. He was disturbed by these family trifles, and every time he tried to calm down and conceive an article, he was often disturbed by these things. In the second semester of graduate school, I didn't publish my thesis, and I was worried that I couldn't finish my graduation thesis. Like a brother, he is helpless in this situation. He can't turn off his cell phone and ignore everything at home, just read the sage book, can he?

Seven, lifestyle pressure

The lifestyle of graduate students is monotonous, boring and busy. Most of them run in classrooms, canteens, laboratories and dormitories from morning till night, and rarely contact with the outside world. It's easy to feel tired by repeating the life pattern day after day. Moreover, when encountering problems, the ways to seek help are very limited, and it is difficult to get social support, which makes some people fall into an "isolated" state. Every day, they are faced with endless literature, various experiments, and even their daily efforts have little effect, resulting in anxiety.

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