Keywords
Emotion Regulation
Adolescents
Single Mother
Broken Home
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Abstract
Parental divorce is a family event that can lead to significant changes in adolescents’ emotional lives, particularly for those who live with their mothers as single parents. This condition places adolescents in a complex process of emotional adaptation, involving experiences of losing a father figure, changes in family relationships, and adjustments to new parenting patterns. This study aims to explore and gain an in-depth understanding of the emotional dynamics of adolescents who live with single mothers after parental divorce, with a particular focus on their subjective emotional experiences and emotion regulation processes in daily life. This research employed a qualitative approach using a phenomenological method. The participants consisted of three adolescents aged 13–17 years who lived with their mothers as primary caregivers due to parental divorce and had been in this condition for at least five years. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The findings indicate that adolescents’ emotional dynamics are complex and multilayered, characterized by emotions such as sadness, anger, disappointment, empathy, and emotional burden toward their mothers. The emotional relationship with the mother as a single parent emerged as the central aspect of emotional dynamics, functioning both as a protective factor and a source of emotional pressure. Additionally, the absence of a father figure contributed to feelings of loss and social comparison, which influenced adolescents’ emotion regulation strategies. Adolescents demonstrated diverse emotion regulation strategies, ranging from emotional suppression to more adaptive cognitive reappraisal. These findings highlight the importance of emotional support and the quality of family relationships in shaping emotion regulation among adolescents living with single mothers after parental divorce.
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