Stress in Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Relevance of Attachment Style and Structural Integration

摘要

Introduction: From year one of studying medicine an increase of psychological stress is found. The relationship between the occurrence of this stress and attachment patterns or structural personality functions remains unclear. The present study aimed at investigating whether a rela-tionship between the enduring personality -variables, attachment style and level of structural integration of the personality, and acute stress experience at the beginning of medical students' studies exists.