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Analysis on the Driving Factors and Realization Path of the Value of Tutor-Student Relationship of Postgraduates-with Medical and Pharmaceutical Universities as an Example

Fang Wu¹, Qian Yu¹, Kangran Wang¹, Hong Gao^2,3,*

1 School of International Pharmaceutical Business of China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
2 School of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210098, China
3 Periodical Press of Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China

* Corresponding Author: Hong Gao. Email:

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 2021, 23(4), 545-564. https://doi.org/10.32604/IJMHP.2021.017877

Received 13 June 2021; Accepted 23 August 2021; Issue published 28 October 2021

Abstract

A harmonious relationship between teachers and postgraduates presents the comprehensive value of psychological education, which guarantees training quality and acts as an effective carrier of mental health education of the postgraduates. Based on Bandura’s theory of reciprocal determinism and Austin’s input-output theory, this paper constructs a model concerning the value of psychological education in the tutor-student relationship. The path of realization is also explored in a structural equation model through a questionnaire survey of 1112 graduate supervisors and administrators in medical colleges. The experimental result indicates that (1) The interaction between teachers and postgraduates promotes the value of psychological education in the highest measure, among which the quality and frequency of tutor-student communication, mutual trust, and respect act as the key influencing indicators. (2) Tutor’s professional quality is considered as the fundamental driving force in the realization of psychological education value in the tutor-student relationship, the maximum mediating effect is observed in the developing path of “tutor’s professional quality-interaction behavior between teachers and postgraduates-psychological growth of teachers and postgraduates. (3) The objective results obtained by teachers and postgraduates, such as the improvement of quality and quantity, positively promote the overall quality of life satisfaction of both sides, which improves the major psychological growth indicators. (4) In the path that affects the psychological growth of teachers and postgraduates, female groups mainly focusing on natural sciences pay more attention to the tutor-student emotional experience, while male and lower-grade groups pay more attention to behavioral interaction; In the path that affects the interaction between teachers and postgraduates, the tutor does not value the difference in the quality of graduate students, lower-grade and natural science professional groups pay more attention to institutional environment.

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