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Hubungan Prolonged Grief Disorder Dengan Depresi Pada Emerging Adults Yang Kehilangan Orang Tua

Published: 6/20/2026

Abstract

Parental loss is one of the most severe adverse life events experienced during the period of emerging adulthood and may develop into prolonged grief disorder when the mourning process fails to unfold adaptively. This study aimed to examine the relationship between prolonged grief disorder and depression among emerging adults who had lost a parent. A quantitative correlational design was employed, involving 400 respondents aged 18 to 29 years who had experienced parental loss for more than six months, recruited through purposive sampling combined with an online snowball-sampling technique. Prolonged grief disorder was measured using the Inventory of Complicated Grief, while depression was measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment correlation with the aid of SPSS version 25. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between prolonged grief disorder and depression (r = 0.579; p < 0.01), with a coefficient of determination of 33.5%, indicating that prolonged grief disorder meaningfully contributes to the variance in depression. The study concludes that the higher the level of prolonged grief disorder experienced, the higher the tendency toward depression among emerging adults who have lost a parent. Mental health services are recommended to provide early detection, psychological accompaniment, and stronger social support to prevent the development of depressive symptoms among individuals coping with parental loss

KEYWORDS:depressionemerging adulthoodparental lossprolonged grief disorder

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