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ArticleBMC psychology2025

Perceived abusive supervision and mental health among Chinese graduate students: the chain mediating roles of autonomy need and professional identity.

Yingying Yao, Jianqiao Chen, Haoyang Chi, Yaming Hang, Zhihong Qiao

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Article in BMC psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yingying YaoPsychological Counselling and Education Centre, Student Affairs Department, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China. yaoyingying@xmu.edu.cn.
Jianqiao ChenMental Health Education Centre, Student Affairs Department, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China.
Haoyang ChiMental Health Education and Counselling Centre, Student Affairs Department, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Yaming HangFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Zhihong QiaoFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. qiaozhihong@bnu.edu.cn.

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the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education 23YJA190014the National Social Science Foundation of China 20&ZD153the National Social Science Fund of China CIA230326
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Abstract

backgroundThe mental health issue of graduate students related to the strained relationships with their academic supervisors has triggered wide concern and heated discussion recently. The study aimed to explore the relationship between abusive supervision and the mental health of graduate students, and the mediating roles of autonomy need and professional identity.

methodAn online survey was conducted among 233 graduate students and the perceived abusive supervision, autonomy need, professional identity and the three indicators of mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms and psychache) were measured.

resultsIt was found that perceived abusive supervision positively correlated to the latent variable mental health, and it worked through the respective mediating effects of autonomy need (β = 0.060, p = 0.004, 95% CI = [0.019, 0.100]), professional identity (β = 0.054, p = 0.004, 95% CI = [0.017, 0.090]) and the chain mediating effect of them (β = 0.006, p = 0.028, 95% CI = [0.001, 0.011]). The total indirect effect size was 0.119 (p < 0.001, 95% CI = [0.066, 0.173]), accounting for 24.44% of overall effect size. These findings deepen the understanding of the influence of abusive supervision on mental health among graduate students and provide practical insights into psychosocial intervention from the perspective of the Conservation of Resources theory and Self-Determination theory.

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Mental HealthPersonal AutonomySocial IdentificationStudentsAdultAnxietyChinaDepressionEast Asian PeopleEducation, GraduateFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAbusive supervisionAutonomy needMental healthProfessional identitySupervisor-student relationship

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