Examining the Role of Institutional Support on International Doctoral Women's STEM Persistence and Mental Health

IF 1.4 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.2023045669

Aisha Farra, Aashika Anantharaman, Sarah Swanson, Kerrie Wilkins-Yel, Jennifer Bekki, Nedim Yel, Ashley Randall, Bianca Bernstein

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This study examined how advisor support, support from within one’s STEM milieu, and feelings of belonging in STEM influenced international doctoral women’s STEM persistence and psychological well-being. It was guided by an Intersectionality framework (Collins, 2002; Crenshaw, 1991), and our sample consisted of 118 international women students enrolled in U.S. based STEM doctoral programs. Path analysis revealed that the direct effects of advisor alliance on STEM persistence intentions, perceived support on belonging, and belonging on STEM persistence intentions were positive and significant while the direct effect of belonging on psychological distress was negative and significant. Results of our mediation analysis indicated that belonging was a statistically significant pathway in deepening our understanding of the relationship between support and psychological distress as well as with STEM persistence intentions. Overall, these results indicated that institutional support and feelings of belonging positively influenced international women doctoral students’ mental health and STEM persistence. Implications and recommendations for how STEM faculty can better support international women doctoral students are discussed.

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研究机构支持对国际女博士STEM坚持和心理健康的作用

本研究考察了指导老师的支持、来自STEM环境的支持以及对STEM的归属感如何影响国际博士女性对STEM的坚持和心理健康。它以交叉性框架为指导(Collins, 2002;Crenshaw, 1991)，我们的样本包括118名就读于美国STEM博士课程的国际女学生。通径分析发现，辅导员联盟对STEM坚持意向、感知支持对归属感、归属感对STEM坚持意向的直接影响为正且显著，而归属感对心理困扰的直接影响为负且显著。中介分析结果表明，归属感是加深我们对支持与心理困扰以及STEM坚持意向关系的理解的统计学显著途径。总体而言，这些结果表明，机构支持和归属感正向影响国际女博士生的心理健康和STEM坚持。讨论了STEM教师如何更好地支持国际女博士生的影响和建议。

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Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering Social Sciences-Gender Studies

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (JWM) publishes original, peer-reviewed papers that report on empirical investigations covering a variety of topics related to achieving inclusion of historically underrepresented and minoritized populations in science and engineering education, academe, and professional practice. These populations include those who identify as people of color, white women, first generation college students, veterans, members of the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, and the intersections of these and other identities. The journal especially welcomes research manuscripts that use theoretical frameworks and methodologies appropriate to the study of underrepresented and marginalized populations and/or use intersectional approaches. The journal also publishes studies on novel educational innovations that hold promise for transferability to other contexts.

Examining the Role of Institutional Support on International Doctoral Women&apos;s STEM Persistence and Mental Health

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Examining the Role of Institutional Support on International Doctoral Women's STEM Persistence and Mental Health