The challenges associated with higher education studies can impact significantly on the psychological well-being of students and can influence their academic success, even leading to anxiety, stress and depression. Factors influencing academic success in postgraduate accounting students have been well researched, but a dearth of literature exists on their psychological well-being. This knowledge gap necessitated an investigation into the psychological well-being of postgraduate accounting students at a South African university. In this descriptive study, a self-compiled demographic questionnaire, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and the Zung Self-rating Anxiety and Depression Scales were used for data collection.

A total of 115 postgraduate accounting students participated in this study. Students reported a high level of support from family and friends, but their vigour and absorption regarding their full-time studies were merely average. Self-reported anxiety and depression scores indicated mild to moderate anxiety (28.7%), marked to severe anxiety (7.4%), mild to moderate depression (42.4%) and severe depression (17.2%) amongst participants. Study-related issues led to 10% of participants receiving psychological and/or psychiatric treatment and 5% using psychiatric medication. This study creates awareness of and proposes practical measures to enhance the psychological well-being of postgraduate accounting students to ultimately support academic success.

与高等教育学习相关的挑战会对学生的心理健康产生重大影响，并可能影响他们的学业成功，甚至导致焦虑、压力和抑郁。已经对影响会计研究生学业成功的因素进行了深入研究，但缺乏关于他们心理健康的文献。这种知识差距需要对南非大学会计研究生的心理健康状况进行调查。在这项描述性研究中，使用自编人口调查问卷、感知社会支持的多维量表、乌得勒支工作参与量表和 Zung 自评焦虑和抑郁量表进行数据收集。

共有115名会计研究生参加了这项研究。学生们表示得到了家人和朋友的高度支持，但他们对全日制学习的积极性和专注度只是平均水平。自我报告的焦虑和抑郁评分表明参与者的轻度至中度焦虑 (28.7%)、显着至重度焦虑 (7.4%)、轻度至中度抑郁 (42.4%) 和重度抑郁 (17.2%)。与研究相关的问题导致 10% 的参与者接受心理和/或精神治疗，5% 的参与者使用精神治疗。这项研究提高了对提高会计学研究生心理健康的认识并提出了切实可行的措施，以最终支持学业成功。