Researcher Mental Health COST Action
Published January 12, 2023 | Version v1
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The Experiences of Ph.D. Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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  • 1. Middle East Technical University (METU)

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The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11 which resulted in the deaths of millions, in 2020, and continues to affect all areas of life deeply. Cao et al (2020), Johnsons et al. (2020), and Lyson et al. (2020) indicated that there is an increase in financial and psychological stress in Ph.D. students compared to the pre-COVID-19 period. In addition to the economic difficulties, the pandemic impacts the mental health services available simultaneously (Wasil et al., 2021). Chirikov et al. (2020) indicated depressive and anxiety disorders among Ph.D. students increased between 2019 and 2020. Undoubtedly, these concerns influence graduate students who were already a vulnerable group before the Covid-19 (Evans et al., 2018).

In the Turkish context, studies were mostly examined at the undergraduate level such as university students’ COVID-19 fear and intolerance of uncertainty (Duman, 2020), the effects of personality traits on their perceptions of distance education (Çiçeklioğlu & Akmaz, 2020), the distance education experiences (Orçanlı & Bekmezci, 2020; Yolcu, 2020), and the factors that affect anxiety levels (Ceviz et al., 2020). The studies carried out at the graduate level investigated the distance education experiences of the students during the COVID 19 period (Genç et al., 2020; Arar et al., 2021).

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This document is part of the Book of Abstracts of the ReMO 2022 Conference that was organized within the framework of COST Action CA19117 - "Researcher Mental Health".

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