Doctoral students’ experiences leading to completion or attrition: a matter of sense, progress and distress

By C. Devos, Gentiane Boudrenghien, Nicolas Van der Linden, A. Azzi, Mariane Frenay, Benoît Galand, Olivier Klein. 2017

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Who Are the Doctoral Students Who Drop Out? Factors Associated with the Rate of Doctoral Degree Completion in Universities (2018, methodology): “This is why this study is only a part of a larger research program that analyzed the effects of a larger number of variables through survey techniques and interviews (Devos et al., 2016; Devos, Boudrenghien, Van der Linden, Frenay, et al., 2016; Devos et al., 2015; Van der Linden et al., 2018).”
Factors that influence PhD candidates’ success: the importance of PhD project characteristics (2019, background): “The importance of freedom can be related to the study by Devos et al. (2017) that showed that non-completers often reported having been pushed by their supervisors into research directions they did not wish to pursue.”
Stressors in early-stage doctoral students* (2018, background): “toral work, such as ensuring students are able to make sense of their progress without experiencing too much distress, as this appears to be a central factor in students completing doctoral studies (Devos et al. 2017).”