@article{ref1,
title="Why is suicide incidence among doctoral students so high? ---a study of China's doctoral tutorial system",
journal="Heliyon",
year="2023",
author="Zhang, Leilei",
volume="9",
number="8",
pages="e18382-e18382",
abstract="The annual incidence of suicide among Chinese doctoral students remains high. We reviewed the statistics for doctoral student suicides over the past 12 years and administered a questionnaire survey and interviews to relatives and friends of doctoral students who committed suicide. The results indicated that suicide among doctoral students is closely related to academic pressure, the teacher-student relationship, and the academic environment, reflecting the current condition of China's doctoral tutorial system. This study provides a theoretical basis for society to understand Chinese doctoral student suicide and the Chinese doctoral tutorial system as well as the relationship between the two. Our results may serve as a warning to the academic community to prevent the worsening of the suicide contagion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2405-8440",
doi="10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18382",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18382"
}