Jurnal Psikologi Tabularasa
Vol. 20 No. 1 (2025): APRIL 2025

Contribution to emotional regulation: The emergence of marital conflict in parents of children with special needs

Susanti Prasetyaningrum (Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Fifi Anggia (Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang)
Eka Indah Nurmawati (Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Merdeka Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 May 2025

Abstract

Parents who have children with disabilities will face more difficult challenges in the parenting process. In raising children, both parents are equally responsible. The occurrence of conflict among parents who have children with special needs can cause differences in understanding of the child's needs. Parents need to have practical emotion regulation skills to manage conflict. This research aims to determine the influence of emotional regulation on marital conflict in parents of children with special needs. This research is quantitative research using accidental sampling techniques, and the research sample is 152 people, with the criteria being parents who have children with special needs aged 6 - 15 years. The scales used are The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and the Kansas Marital Conflict Scale (KMCS). The research results obtained show that there is an influence of the emotional regulation variable on marital conflict in parents who have children with special needs (ABK) with a significance value (p) of 0.036 < 0.05. These results indicate that the higher an individual's emotional regulation ability, the lower the marital conflict.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpt

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Subject

Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Psikologi Tabularasa is a scientific periodical journal issued by the Faculty of Psychology, University of Merdeka Malang. It is published twice a year, in April and October. The journal's scopes include clinical psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, and industrial & ...