From Emotional Resonance to Value Consensus: The Formation Mechanism and Optimization Strategies of Emotional Connection in the Supervisor-Graduate Student Community
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ghc97540Keywords:
Supervisor-graduate Student Community, Emotional Connection, Positive Psychology, Interaction Ritual Chain, Resilience GovernanceAbstract
The supervisor-graduate student community serves as the core carrier for achieving mutual advancement of teaching and learning in postgraduate education, and the quality of its emotional connection directly bears on postgraduates’ academic growth and mental health. Addressing deep-seated dilemmas prevalent in current supervisor-graduate relationships, including power structure imbalance, lack of interaction rituals and the breakdown of psychological contracts, this study draws on multidimensional perspectives of positive psychology, social exchange theory, interaction ritual chain theory and community theory. It systematically interprets the three-dimensional operational logic and internal mechanisms of emotional connection within the supervisor-graduate student community, namely the “micro-level foundation-building, meso-level bridge-building, macro-level soul-forging” framework, and puts forward optimization strategies: At the micro-level, the center of attention is adaptation of psychological needs and building up emotional capital. By strengthening empathic reactions and increasing the level of intrinsic motivation, the relation of the two subjects in supervision and learning processes is reconstructed; At the meso-level, the center of attention is the process of exchange and ritual energy transformation. By restructuring interaction rituals and supervisory power, an environment for symbiotic connections is created; At the macro-level, based on the unity of community identity and systemic resilience, a resilient ecosystem for development of the community is built up through shared vision.
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