KnE Social Sciences

Published date: Oct 13 2025

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: The International Conference of Psychology 2025 (IcoPsy 2025)

Pages: 131- 155

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v10i25.19892

Elsa Novalia HanastitiDepartment of Psychology, State University of Malang, Malang

Mutia Husna Avezahramutia.husnaavezahra.fpsi@um.ac.idDepartment of Psychology, State University of Malang, Malang

Suicide is a phenomenon of concern in various countries with different age groups. Emotional distress is one of the factors that causes someone to make a suicide attempt. Negative emotions that are not handled properly can trigger someone to harm themselves. Proper emotion regulation can help individuals cope with unfavorable conditions so as to reduce the effects of emotional distress experienced. This study focuses on emotion regulation in suicide survivors with the intention of obtaining an overview of the emotional processing process to prevent suicide. This study used a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Participants were selected by purposive sampling according to predetermined criteria. This study used the interview method to obtain data from participants, and then the data were processed by thematic analysis. Based on these results, participants were able to regulate emotions well, so they felt a number of benefits both physically and psychologically. In addition, support from the closest people is a supporting factor for the success of emotion regulation in suicide survivors.

Keywords: emotion regulation, survivors, suicide, emotional

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