A case study of loneliness in adolescent girls before and after losing a father figure

Briliani Rahmatulloh (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Syafa Nafisa (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Zefanya Rossi Sagita (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Destria Ananda Graviella Diantari (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)
Yonathan Setyawan (Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya)

Psycho Holistic
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025)

The purpose of this study was to determine the description of loneliness in adolescent girls before and after losing a father figure. The subject in the study amounted to one person who was chosen based on the criteria, namely adolescent girls who lost a father figure due to death. This data collection technique used semi-structured interviews with an Inductive Thematic Analysis approach. The results concluded that the subject experienced loneliness because of the role of the father figure who was lost due to death. We could describe the level of loneliness of the subject based on aspects of loneliness according to Russel (1996) which had been judgment by experts. In the personality loneliness aspect, before losing the father the subject had experienced feelings of loneliness, and these feelings increased after the subject lost the father, then in the social desirability aspect owned by the subject was not fully fulfilled, the last in the depression aspect before losing the father but experienced a decline when he met a lover who matched the father figure he expected.