Medical students' quarter-life crisis

Objectives: This was the first study that explored factors associated with medical students’ quarter-life crisis, the anxiety young might experience at the end of their studies and in the beginning of their career. Methods: 351 medical students (74.6% female, M: 23.79 years, SD: 1.53 years) filled the online questionnaire, that contained Quarter-life Crisis Questionnaire, International Personality Item Pool version of Big Five markers, and questions about different aspects of medical school. Independent t-test, Mann-Whitney U test and linear regression analysis was performed. Results: Women reported higher quarter-life crisis. Pre-medical school experiences: Higher quarter-life crisis displayed among those students who did not apply to medical university right after high school. Attitudes on medical school: students who would have not applied to medical school again; would have not encouraged their children to apply to medical school; were uncertain to finish the university showed highe...