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The Experience Of Social Support In Doctoral Dissertation Student Mothers, Melissa Anne Thomas
The Experience Of Social Support In Doctoral Dissertation Student Mothers, Melissa Anne Thomas
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Women who are actively parenting and employed professionally comprise a significant number of the overall global doctorate population attempting to complete their dissertation. A Ph.D. in psychology requires years of commitment of which many women will never complete. The final dissertation phase of the degree process is infamous for being viewed by students as potentially isolative. There is a need to better understand how doctoral student mothers completing their dissertation in a Ph.D. psychology program experience social support. The research questions explored doctoral student mothers’ social support experiences as they completed their dissertation. Tinto’s social integration theory guided the overall …
The Toolkit For Social Support And Social Anxiety: S*A*S*S*, Cynthia E. Kmety
The Toolkit For Social Support And Social Anxiety: S*A*S*S*, Cynthia E. Kmety
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was to create a toolkit for social support and social anxiety using the Communal Coping method. There was background research conducted on social anxiety and social support, COVID impact, Communal Coping, and resilience and skill building. Before constructing the toolkit, a survey was conducted with 29 Eastern Illinois University students to measure their assessment of their social anxiety and social support. The results of this survey found that students have a need for social support and are affected by their anxiety. Once the toolkit: the workbook and the facilitator’s manual, were completed, a pilot class …