Predicament and Breakthrough: A Study on Social Work Intervention in the Current Situation of Postgraduates Trapped in "Disordered Life and Stagnant Research"

Abstract

As the top segment of the higher education system, postgraduate education serves as the core carrier for cultivating high-level professional and innovative talents, undertaking the vital mission of providing high-quality intellectual resources for social development. With the continuous expansion of postgraduate enrollment in China, various contradictions in the training process have gradually emerged, among which the dual predicament of "disordered life and stagnant research" faced by some postgraduates has become a typical issue. In life, they are trapped by academic pressure, time imbalance and social isolation, losing the autonomous rhythm of life and the sense of emotional gain; in research, they are restricted by confusion in topic selection, insufficient motivation and lack of resources, falling into a vicious circle of research internal friction and hindered achievement output. Based on the core concept of "helping people to help themselves" in social work, with ecological system theory and social support theory as the theoretical framework, and combined with the actual situation of postgraduate training in universities, this paper analyzes the specific manifestations and formation mechanism of postgraduates' dual predicament of "life and research" through literature review and semi-structured interviews. It further explores the paths and practical strategies of professional social work intervention from the micro individual, meso campus and macro social levels, aiming to provide practical references for alleviating the development predicament of postgraduates, optimizing the postgraduate training system in universities and improving the quality of postgraduate training, so as to help postgraduates realize the coordinated development of academic research and daily life.