Psychological Well Being and The Tendency of Quarter Life Crisis

Abstract

Quarter life crisis is a phenomenon of emotional crisis due to individual unpreparedness in emerging adulthood. This crisis is one of the challenges in the lives of college students who are experiencing a transitional stage from adolescence to adulthood with emotional characteristics such as frustration, panic, worry, and difficulty making decisions regarding the future. This study aims to determine the effect of psychological well being on the tendency of quarter life crisis in college students. This research method uses quantitative methods with simple linear regression analysis. Sampling in this study used a probability sampling technique with a simple random sampling method. The subjects in this study were active students at universities in the city of Banjarmasin. Based on the analysis carried out, it was obtained a significance value of p = 0.000 (p <0.05) which indicates that there is a significant effect of psychological well being (X) on the quarter life crisis (Y). Psychological well being in this study provides an effective contribution of 64.9% to the quarter life crisis.