“…In this sense, students attending pre-professional practices and suffering from depression symptoms showed a lower level of satisfaction with life and psychological well-being. This finding agrees with the results of previous studies ( Duong, 2021 ; Sahin and Tuna, 2021 ; Samaranayake and Fernando, 2011 ; Serin et al, 2010 ). Therefore, it can be assumed that as the life satisfaction and well-being of the interns decrease, they become more vulnerable to experimenting sadness, emotional liability and excessive concern, recurrent alterations in their mood and behavior ( Babayiğit and Okray, 2019 ), as in the case of the sanitary emergency, when pre-professional practices were suspended due to general and local lockdown affecting different parts of the country ( Albitres-Flores et al, 2020 ).…”