Jurnal Ilmu Perilaku
Vol 5 No 1 (2021): Jurnal Ilmu Perilaku

Resilience, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents Experiencing Parents’ Marital Dissolution

Daniswara Agusta Wijaya (Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata)
Endang Widyorini (Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata)
Emiliana Primastuti (Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata)
Jemerson Dominguez (De La Salle University - Dasmariñas)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2021

Abstract

The marital dissolution as a traumatic event for children and adolescents might yield different outcomes for each adolescent. Previous studies suggested that adolescents who have high resilience tend to experience positive changes / post- traumatic growth following traumatic events, which results in higher well-being. Hence, it is necessary to conduct research about resilience and post-traumatic growth as predictors of psychological well-being among adolescents who have been through their parents’ marital dissolution. The recent study aims to investigate the relations among those variables. A total of 56 participants (mean age: 15.27; 66.1% female) who lived in Semarang completed three measurements. Correlational, t-test, and path analysis were applied. The result suggests that both resilience and post-traumatic growth significantly and positively correlated toward psychological well-being. Furthermore, post-traumatic growth was found to have a significant partial mediating effect on the relationship between resilience and psychological well-being. These findings suggest that though promoting resilience could improve the psychological well-being of adolescents who have been through their parents’ marital dissolution, clinicians need to ensure that adolescents experience post-traumatic growth through cognitive therapy or counseling sessions to achieve better psychological well-being.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jip

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Ilmu Perilaku, with registered number ISSN 2581 0421 (online, is published by Department of Psychology Universitas Andalas. Jurnal Ilmu Perilaku publishes original articles on new knowledge and research or research application with current issues in Indonesian Psychology. All submitted ...