The coronavirus pandemic had a profound change to daily life. While the pandemic could be considered a stressful event within its own right, graduate school is also known to induce stress; this stress occurs due to time constraints, financial strain, evolving job market, their academic workload, and interpersonal difficulties with faculty, peers, and significant others. Graduate students have also been experiencing lower satisfaction with their graduate programs due to weak training for the current non-academia-focused job market. The purpose of this study is to understand the stressors, coping mechanism/social support, and well-being/stress of doctoral student during the pandemic.
