# Advisor-advisee relationship and the organizational culture of doctoral programs on doctoral students’ mental health and academic performance: A scoping review protocol

## TL;DR

This scoping review protocol explores how advisor-advisee relationships and doctoral program culture affect students' mental health and academic success.

## Contribution

The study proposes a comprehensive scoping review to examine the interplay between advisor relationships, program culture, and doctoral student outcomes.

## Key findings

- The review will identify factors in advisor-advisee relationships linked to mental health and academic performance.
- It will examine how doctoral program culture influences these relationships and outcomes.
- Findings will be synthesized thematically and presented in narrative and tabular formats.

## Abstract

Doctoral students’ mental health is increasingly recognized as a critical issue in academia, with advisor-advisee relationships playing a key role in both well-being and academic performance. The organizational culture of doctoral programs may also influence these outcomes, but existing literature has yet to fully addressed the interplay between these factors. This scoping review aims to identify elements within the advisor-advisee relationship and supervision process that are associated with doctoral students’ mental health and academic performance. It also seeks to examine how the organizational culture of doctoral programs relates to these dynamics. The review will include both empirical studies and literature reviews focusing on these relationships. The following databases will be searched: Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ERIC, PubMed, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), and PsycInfo (APA). Studies will be screened by two independent researchers, with duplicates removed. There will be no restrictions on publication date or language. Data extraction will be conducted using a standardized spreadsheet, and findings will be synthesized using thematic analysis, with results presented in both narrative form and summary tables.

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