What level of stress exist among Researchers.?
rate it on a scale of 0 --5
what is your stress level.
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The level of stress of the researchers is high, I would say between 4 and 5, mainly due to:
- Very high expectation of achievement in planned goals
- Compliance with committed research projects
- Update in your field of experience
- Teaching practice with new researchers
- Search for scholarships and financial support for your research projects
- Realization of research works and publication of results
- Scientific productivity to maintain or increase your National Researcher Level.
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I would say that the stress levels fluctuate depending on the research project. So, you may start at 3 on the scale but it raises to 5 nearing the deadline for submission, be it a grant proposal, journal article, or project report.
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Debra
It may be stages of fluctuation In middle of the work and In beginning, the level is 4, during process ranges between 2 to 3 and in final stage may be 4 to 5. There may be variations depending on Discipline and , Nature of work. Prof. Debra Sharona rightly explained. My stress level is 2 always.
I’d say it depends on the institution one works for. For instance, the institution I work for has been like 2, but there are others more on the scale of 5. All of them in the same country.
High level of stress was notice among Researchers.The major causes of stress were found to be academic workload and time management. High stress levels among participants correlated with many unhealthy behaviors, including compromised quality of diet and decreased quantity of sleep.
But in the end i would also like to highlight there are many reason for increaase or decrease stress among researchers.
*Place of work
*Supervisor
*Sensitivity nature of researchers.
In order to reduce stress, researchers need to become Mentally Stronger by following ways:
Why is there a tension between the researchers and each researcher doing his job in full.
I think stress levels fluctuate during the entire process. Probably highest closest to the deadline. And definitely lowest when all is done.
of course 5 but once the results are accomplished as expected all the effort is forgotten...
Especially for women stress level will be 5 as to balance home and research
Ordinarily, stress is an overriding psychological phenomenon dominating all aspects of intellectual endeavors such as doing research. However, researchers, both men and women, should almost invariably utilize a stress management program to control the level of stress that can be debiliative and inhibitive. The main reason is that in highly complex outcomes with byzantine complexities, the researchers need to pay attention to two different but complementary factors; namely a flexible working plan and effective coping strategies.
I think researchers (especially early career researchers) are highly stressed. I put mine around 4-5.
Compared to my experience as an AF medic during the Vietnam conflict, and to my clinical and teaching duties my research stress is a 1.
Rich
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