Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being on The
Generation Z of Divorced Parents at Urban Society
Ihya Addini Islami
1
, Nurwahidin
2
, Thobib Al-Asyhar
3
, Renny Nurhasana
4
{
1
Ihya92ui@gmail.com,
2
nurwahidin@ui.ac.id,
3
thobieb_smg@yahoo.com,
4
rennynurhasana@ui.ac.id}
1,2,3,4
School of Strategic and Global Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Abstract. Generation Z tends to be susceptible to conflicts and mood swings
related with parental divorce. Psychological well-being can be a factor that helps
them to perform their psychological function well, to know their potential, and to
have meaningful life. In addition, religiosity can also help reduce anxiety, stress
and fortify from various psychological and behavioral disorders. This study aims
to obtain a description of religiosity and psychological well-being on generation
Z of divorced parents at urban society. Different from some previous research
which many use quantitative approaches, this research use qualitative descriptive
method with phenomenological approaches and use data from deep interview and
observation with 5 participants. The assumption of this research is most
participants have high psychological well-being and religiosity in several different
dimensions.
Keywords: Divorced Parents; Generation Z; Psychological Well Being;
Religiosity
1. INTRODUCTION
Parental divorce is certainly not something that children like. Divorce which is generally
covered by disputes and even quarrels not only has a psychological impact on the husband and
wife but also on the child, especially on teenagers. Families who are expected to play a role in
every development of adolescents in it and give a great influence in the formation and
development of the child's personality become lost due to divorce. Adolescents in which the
development stage requires a family environment that supports themselves to be able to develop
optimally in a positive direction.
The phenomenon of divorce, especially in Indonesia, has increased from year to year. Based
on data from the Ministry of Religion, the divorce rate for the 2014-2016 period from 344,237
rose to 365,633 divorces in 2016. The average divorce rate rose 3 percent per year. Indonesia's
divorce rate is highest in Asia Pacific. From 2009-2015 every one hour there are 40 divorce
hearings or 340,000 more divorce claims. In addition, referring to the divorce data for the 2015-
2017 period, the highest number of divorce cities is occupied by Surabaya, Bandung and
Semarang. This is a picture of the number of urban children who have lost the integrity of their
families.
Divorce is a major transition and heavy adjustment for children, parents, and other family
members (Chen and George, 2005). Especially for a teenager, family transitions lead to an
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DOI 10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289661