ArticleFrontiers in psychology2026
Development and validation of the doctoral students' time anxiety scale.
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Abstract
Doctoral students represent a critical population for cultivating innovative talent, and their mental health directly impacts higher education quality and technological innovation capacity. However, the time anxiety commonly experienced by doctoral students in academic settings lacks systematic investigation, and no specialized time anxiety scale exists for this population. This study employed a sequential qualitative-quantitative mixed-methods approach, utilizing grounded theory to explore the structural dimensions of doctoral students' time anxiety and empirical methods to develop a measurement scale. The results revealed that doctoral students' time anxiety comprises three interconnected dimensions: affective anxiety, cognitive anxiety, and behavioral manifestations. These dimensions mutually influence one another, collectively shaping doctoral students' temporal experiences and affecting their academic performance. The final 12-item Doctoral Students' Time Anxiety Scale demonstrated satisfactory reliability and validity, making it suitable for measuring time anxiety and conducting empirical research among doctoral students. This scale provides a scientifically sound and effective tool for doctoral students' mental health assessment, intervention design, and higher education management.
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