The Role of Family Functioning in Emotional Regulation Among Undergraduate Students

Abstract

In general, students are in the age of 18-24 years, which is the transition period from late adolescence to early adulthood so that it is not uncommon during the transition period to arise a variety of problems. The number of stressors in the lecture life makes students must be able to regulate their emotions in order to harmonize the emotional responses that individuals have to the problems or environment they face. As is commonly known that the environment contributes to an important role in shaping the character of each individual. In shaping individual character, emotional and ability, a well-functioning family is needed so that the individual can grow and develop as he should. Therefore, this study aims to find out how big the role of family functioning to emotional regulation in undergraduate students. This study had 114 participants using purposive sampling techniques and measuring instruments in the form of questionnaires in measuring family function and emotional regulation. This study used a simple linear regression analysis that found that there was a positive and significant role of family functioning to emotional regulation in undergraduate students of 27.4% with Z = 0.072 and t = 6,509 > 1,981.