Best practices for supporting researchers' mental health in emotionally demanding research across academic and non-academic contexts.
Purpose: Researcher mental health in emotionally demanding research (EDR) has been recognized as important, but research to date has often been limited to academic research contexts, qualitative research, or single disciplines. The aim of this study was to identify best practices to promote research...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2025
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