Kematangan Emosi, Problem-Focused Coping, Emotion-Focused Coping dan Kecenderungan Depresi pada Mahasiswa Tahun Pertama

Amalia Nur Aisyah Tuasikal (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Sofia Retnowati (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada)

Gadjah Mada Journal of Psychology (GamaJoP)
Vol 4, No 2 (2018)

This research aimed to examine the relationship between emotional maturity, problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping and depression among first-year college students. It was hypothesized that emotional maturity, problem-focused coping, and emotion-focused coping correlate with the tendency of depression among first-year college students. Participants were 214 college students in Yogyakarta (male=66; female=148). Multiple regression analysis showed that emotional maturity and emotion-focused coping contribute significantly to first-year college students depression with 19% contribution (R² = 0.19; p < 0.05). Emotional maturity negatively correlated with depression tendency (t = -6.026; p < 0.05), while emotion-focused coping positively correlated with first-year college students depression tendency (t = 2.265; p < 0.05). Result showed that problem-focused coping has no significant relationship with depression tendency (t = -0.557; p > 0.05).