Factors associated with the permanence of doctoral students. A scoping review

The permanence of students in doctoral programs is a multi-causal phenomenon, which makes it difficult to address and leads to an isolated investigation of its causes, being necessary a joint understanding. The aim is to investigate, through a scoping review of quantitative studies published between...

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Autores: Hurtado, E. (Edna)|||/items/4fabe35a-0cad-4822-b5fb-c3e45e4880fb, Rosado-Luna, E. (Esther)|||/items/670186f5-0624-4be1-82ba-37582dacd331, Aoiz-Pinillos, M. (Martín)|||/items/8822e024-1497-4837-8681-3527d873470c, Quero, S. (Soledad)|||/items/412e151a-1fc7-415e-b89c-22197ea7a324, Luis-Garcia, E.O. (Elkin Oswaldo)|||/items/596a2114-d913-4e16-9d20-08d4652eeefd
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/120339
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/120339
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Doctoral attrition
Doctoral dropout
Doctoral education
Doctoral persistence
Higher education
Student affairs
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Sumario:The permanence of students in doctoral programs is a multi-causal phenomenon, which makes it difficult to address and leads to an isolated investigation of its causes, being necessary a joint understanding. The aim is to investigate, through a scoping review of quantitative studies published between 2015 and 2021, the influence of individual, academic, socioeconomic and institutional factors on retention, attrition and dropout. The 32 included studies evidenced a predominance of research focused on individual factors versus few that combined all possibly relevant factors. The present study provides evidence for the emergence of several subfactors: female students, self-efficacy and motivation (individual); the relationship with the supervisor (academic); support for psychological needs (institutional); and migratory status (socioeconomic). This article highlights the need for research that understands this problem with a multifactor approach and an impact on permanence.