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Nagita Marva Sasikirana
Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
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Grieving in Silence: Experiences of Private Grief and Meaning Reconstruction Following Loss in the Digital Age Nagita Marva Sasikirana; Fitrania Maghfiroh
Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology VOL 15 NO 3 SEPTEMBER 2026
Publisher : Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

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Bereavement following the loss of a significant person in the digital age is not always expressed through emotional disclosure on social media. Some individuals choose to grieve privately, yet such experiences remain relatively underexplored in psychological research. This study aimed to examine the lived experiences of individuals who engaged in private grieving after the death of someone close to them. A qualitative phenomenological design was employed, involving in-depth interviews with five adult women. The data were analyze using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that grieving was experienced as a dynamic and non-linear process characterized by the disruption of fundamental assumptions about life, the negotiation of a changed reality, and the reconstruction of meaning, relationships, and personal identity following loss. Participants maintained emotional connections with the deceased through continuing bonds while gradually reorganizing their lives through personal reflection and meaning-making. These findings extend current understanding of private grief in the digital age by demonstrating that profound grief processing may occur without public emotional disclosure on social media. Private grieving should therefore not be interpreted as emotional avoidance or an absence of meaningful adaptation.
Co-Authors Fitrania Maghfiroh