Parental Bereavement and Academic Resilience in Indonesian Adolescents: Emotion Regulation as Mediator and Social Support as Protective Factor

Listaunsanti, Lynda Yenie and Setyawan, Jefri (2025) Parental Bereavement and Academic Resilience in Indonesian Adolescents: Emotion Regulation as Mediator and Social Support as Protective Factor. Nusantara Journal of Behavioral and Social Science, 4 (4). pp. 215-224. ISSN 2828-1039, E-ISSN 2828-0733

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Abstract

Parental bereavement represents one of the most profound emotional disruptions in adolescence, yet its academic implications remain underexplored, particularly in relation to how emotional regulation interacts with social support to sustain academic performance. This qualitative phenomenological study investigated the adaptive processes of two 18-year-old students in Surabaya who experienced parental loss, aiming to understand how they navigated grief while remaining engaged in learning. Data were collectedthrough in-depth interviews and classroom observation, then analyzed using thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: academic resilience, emotion regulation, social support, and negative emotional experiences. Findings reveal that despite emotional disruptions and social stigma, both students demonstrated perseverance, reflective help-seeking, and meaning-making abilities, supported by cognitive reappraisal and culturally grounded coping (e.g., sabar, ikhlas, prayer). Emotion regulation served as a mediatingmechanism linking bereavement to academic resilience, while peer and family support acted as protective buffers fostering motivation and emotional stability. Practically, this study underscores the need for grief-sensitive pedagogy and teacher training inemotional scaffolding to support bereaved students’adjustment. Theoretically, the study extends Academic Resilience Theory (Cassidy, 2016) by positioning emotion regulation as a mediating mechanism and social support as a key protective factor in the context of parental loss

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Parental bereavement, Academic resilience, Emotion regulation, Social support, Adolescents
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Psychology > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	JEFRI SETYAWAN
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2025 08:21
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2025 08:21
URI:	http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/49808

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