Feeling Disillusioned? Unappreciated? You May Be a Victim of What a Psychologist Describes as "Professorial Melancholia.".

Mooney, Carolyn J.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Feeling Disillusioned? Unappreciated? You May Be a Victim of What a Psychologist Describes as "Professorial Melancholia."

Mooney, Carolyn J.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n9 pA13-14 Nov 1 1989

Professors--obsessed with being perfect, eager to criticize, disillusioned after years of sacrifice in graduate school--may be making themselves emotionally ill. Something in the academic environment contributes to the personality profile that David F. Machell has developed. (MLW)

Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Depression (Psychology), Higher Education, Mental Health, Personality Assessment, Psychological Patterns, Rejection (Psychology), Self Esteem, Stress Variables, Teacher Morale

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