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Cronshaw, S, Stokes, P and McCulloch, A (2023) Outside looking in: Gendered roles and the wellbeing of working student mothers studying for a part-time PhD. Higher Education Quarterly. ISSN 0951-5224
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Abstract
This article contributes to the growing evidence base on well-being in doctoral study. It draws on 35 qualitative, in-depth interviews to explore how the well-being of an understudied group - working doctoral student mothers - is affected when undertaking part-time PhDs. Whilst there is a growing literature on the research student experience and an increased awareness of mental health issues in doctoral study, there has been little exploration of the experiences of part-time PhD students. Moreover, this is particularly true of mothers undertaking doctorates on a part-time basis. The experiences of this sub-group of research students constitutes the gap to which this paper responds. It explores the consequences of having to straddle a number of competing domains and examines how the gender role conflict, marginalisation and lack of support experienced by doctoral student mothers impacts on their psychological, physical and social well-being. The article concludes with a number of recommendations which institutions may wish to consider.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | wellbeing; working student mothers; gender equality; doctoral study; part-time; 1301 Education Systems |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education |
| Divisions: | Liverpool Business School |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2023 11:05 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2023 10:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1111/hequ.12471 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/21507 |
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