Kesulitan Regulasi Emosi Pada Dewasa Awal Dengan Moderate Depression

Depression is a common psychological problem that is quite significant in early adulthood. Based on several studies, depression is influenced by difficulty in emotion regulation. Based on existing research, still limited which explained about how difficulties to regulate emotions in early adult individuals with moderate depression. This study aims to describe the difficulties in early adults experiencing moderate depression in regulating emotions. The method used is qualitative with a phenomenological approach. There are 3 participants. Data obtained through interviews with open questions. The results showed that individuals experiencing moderate depression responded to negative emotions by means of expressive suppression. On the other hand, there is an individual peculiarity, namely the individual's process of perceiving a way of dealing with negative emotions as a problem