HUBUNGAN SELF-DISCLOSURE DENGAN KESEPIAN PADA INDIVIDU DEWASA AWAL

Loneliness is generally experienced by individuals who are in the range of early adulthood. During the transition from adolescence to early adulthood, individuals experience a change from a social style that initially makes friends just for fun to be friends with people who are compatible and can be trusted. It is at this point that people are vulnerable to feeling lonely due to decreased satisfaction with social relationships. One of the factors thought to be associated with loneliness is self-disclosure. This study aims to determine the relationship between self-disclosure and loneliness in early adult individuals. This study used a quantitative approach with 200 people aged 20-25 years old as subjects, and the subjects took with accidental sampling method. The measuring instruments were the Self-Disclosure scale and UCLA Loneliness scale version 3 with the Pearson Product Moment’s data analysis method. The result of this study was a significant negative relationship (r = -0.605, p < 0.01) between self-disclosure and loneliness. That means, the lower level of self-disclosure, then the higher level of loneliness, and vice versa