SOCIAL SUPPORT, RESILIENCE, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING FOR SINGLE MOTHERS EXPERIENCING DIVORCE

Living the role of single mothers who have lost spouses is not an easy thing. They have to "play" the role of a mother for her children and a breadwinner for her family. The demands make it difficult for them to achieve psychological well-being. The study aims to determine the simultaneous effect of social support and resilience on mental health, the impact of partial social support, and the effect of partial resilience on psychological welfare in single mothers who have lost their husbands. The method used is quantitative research with a multiple linear regression analysis design. Participants in the study were 237 single mothers who lost their partners, taken using an accidental sampling technique. The measurements used were the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (α=0.889), Resilience Quotient (α=0.938), and Ryff's Psychological Well-Being (α=0.889). The method used in analyzing research data is the multiple linear regression statistical method. The results of the study show that social support and resilience simultaneously affect the psychological state (F=147.308 and Sig. = 0.000), social support partially does not affect the psychological well-being (F=-0.060 and Sig. = 0.169), and resilience partially affects the mental states of single mothers who lost their spouses (F=0.749 and Sig. = 0.000). The study implies a need to design actions/programs that specifically involve resilience factors to support those single mothers in having a balance to undergo new roles and achieve emotional well-being.