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Peers support peers. #WhoGivesSupport
An eLife survey of over 1,500 people in various academic roles shed light on the needs and experiences of those who support researchers struggling with their #MentalHealth.
Explore the full results: https://t.co/F77h4I6XYR
Peers support peers. #WhoGivesSupport
An eLife survey of over 1,500 people in various academic roles shed light on the needs and experiences of those who support researchers struggling with their #MentalHealth.
Explore the full results π
https://t.co/F77h4I6XYR
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@DrChrisSmith from the @NakedScientists asks eLife authors how sea slugs steal chloroplasts and get away with it, how exercise might help fight tumours, and #WhoGivesSupport.
Listen to that and more here β¬οΈ
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Join our Associate Features Editor @elsasci at the SMaRteN Postgrad discussion group on January 26 where she will be discussing the recent eLife Mental Health Survey #WhoGivesSupport
You can read the results of the survey here βΈ https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB
Weβre delighted to announce that our SMaRteN Postgrad discussion group taking place on Jan 26th from 11 β 11.50am will host Elsa Loissel from eLife Science Journal who will be discussing how to support researchers struggling with their mental health.
https://t.co/9OHuPY4o6d
While conversations often focus on supervisors or mentors, most respondents to our #WhoGivesSupport survey were actually helping peers at the same career stage or someone who they had no official responsibility towards https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB
55% of people supporting researchers struggling with their mental health do not feel valued by their institutions for the help they provided, according to the results of our international survey https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
Despite these challenges, only 3.5% agreed strongly that their institutions valued or supported them in their helping role, while 55% disagreed.
"They love and need us to do it but don't support it," said one university lecturer.
π https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
Early-career group leaders also emerged as a group with specific needs: they were more likely to find that their supporting experience impacted their work, for instance.
π https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
Women reported facing additional challenges: compared to men, they were more likely to report that being a supporter was draining, time-consuming, and impacted their work and their personal lives.
π https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
Supporters frequently reported the experience of helping someone as positive but they also faced challenges. 76% said that they felt their role was emotionally draining or stressful.
π https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
Overall, 60% of supporters reported struggling with their own mental health when they were providing support; this a number varied by career stage, from high as 84% for PhD students to almost 25% in late-career group leaders.
π https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
While conversations often focus on support from supervisors or mentors, many people actually help peers at the same career stage or someone who they have no official responsibility towards.
π https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
An eLife survey of over 1,500 people in various academic roles sheds light on the needs and experiences of those who support researchers struggling with their mental health.
Explore the full results
βΈ https://t.co/wNI8Qr4spB #WhoGivesSupport
Summary in the thread below π§΅βΎ
Well done and thank you π to everyone involved in this mammoth effort that reveals the reality of who is there to support #AcademicMentalHealth. People with money/resources/power at institutions, please send help. #WhoGivesSupport
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THIS IS OUTπ Thank you @elsasci for leading this effort to dive deep into #WhoGivesSupport in academia
βWhy is this important? Many in #academia are supporting/being supported by those around us, this hopefully helps us feel less isolated in our support journeys (1/n)
Another great thread highlighting the results of our survey into #WhoGivesSupport for mental health issues in academia!
THIS IS OUTπ Thank you @elsasci for leading this effort to dive deep into #WhoGivesSupport in academia
βWhy is this important? Many in #academia are supporting/being supported by those around us, this hopefully helps us feel less isolated in our support journeys (1/n)
I'm only highlighting a few findings, more in the report! π AND we've definitely not taken full advantage of the dataset (thank you everyone who filled in the surveyπ)
That's why we've published our code and redacted dataset: https://t.co/hdtzMRnes1
(7/n) #WhoGivesSupport
Over half of supporters feel valued and supported by their friends, partners & families during their supporting experiencesπ€
But over half also need more practical infoπ (6/n)
#WhoGivesSupport
Who are they supporting? #1 culprits to mental health issues in supported folks are: work progress, conflict w/ supervisor, and workload. Many are suffering from low mood, anxiety and burnout... π (5/n)
#WhoGivesSupport
Women are more likely to be supporting more than one person at the same time, and experiencing #mentalhealth issues themselves at the time of support, compared to men. (4/n)
#WhoGivesSupport
PhD candidates are more likely to experience poor mental health at the time of support compared to other career stagesπ’
At the same time, they (&postdocs) also feel less supported by their institution to provide support, compared to group leaders.
(3/n)
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