ABSTRACT
Students with divorced parents in addition to having academic demands are also less able to develop secure attachments as early adults. Meanwhile, in early adulthood, individuals are faced with new responsibilities and developmental tasks so they are vulnerable to experiencing a quarter-life crisis where one of the underlying factors is related to demands from the environment. Social support can be a barrier to stress symptoms during stressful events. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between social support and quarter-life crisis in college students with divorced parents. The study used a correlational quantitative approach with 192 participants. The research subjects were taken using a purposive sampling technique with the criteria that the students were male or female, aged 18–25 years, having parents divorced when they were in their teens (13–18 years). The research instrument consisted of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS) and the Quarter Life Crisis scale. Data analysis was done using Pearson Product Moment correlation. The results showed that there was a negative relationship between social support and quarter-life crisis in students with divorced parents (r = −0.342; p 0.000 <0.05). Therefore, the higher the social support, the lower the quarter-life crisis for students with divorced parents or vice versa.
