@article{ART003380896},
author={Yukyoung So and Yujin Bae and Jungeun Kim and Sujin Yang},
title={Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis},
journal={THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY},
issn={1229-0718},
year={2026},
volume={39},
number={3},
pages={147-170}
TY - JOUR
AU - Yukyoung So
AU - Yujin Bae
AU - Jungeun Kim
AU - Sujin Yang
TI - Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis
JO - THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
PY - 2026
VL - 39
IS - 3
PB - The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
SP - 147
EP - 170
SN - 1229-0718
AB - This study identified latent profiles of cognitive coping and examined differences in post-loss adjustment among 300 college students (aged 18–25) who had experienced relationship loss. Latent profile analysis based on self-blame, positive reappraisal, cognitive flexibility, and meaning reconstruction identified three profiles: adaptive, restricted, and mixed, which differed significantly in post-loss growth, distress, and depression. The adaptive profile showed high positive reappraisal, cognitive flexibility, and meaning reconstruction with low self-blame, with the greatest growth and lowest depression. The restricted profile showed uniformly low levels across indicators and the lowest growth. The mixed profile showed high self-blame alongside high positive reappraisal; despite greater growth than the restricted profile, it showed the highest distress and depression. Non-death loss and shorter time since loss predicted mixed-profile membership. These findings highlight the joint roles of cognitive flexibility, meaning reconstruction, and contextual factors in post-loss adjustment, and support profile-tailored interventions.
KW - Relationship loss;Post-loss growth;Cognitive coping;Latent profile analysis;Emerging adults
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Yukyoung So, Yujin Bae, Jungeun Kim and Sujin Yang. (2026). Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 39(3), 147-170.
Yukyoung So, Yujin Bae, Jungeun Kim and Sujin Yang. 2026, "Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis", THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.39, no.3 pp.147-170.
Yukyoung So, Yujin Bae, Jungeun Kim, Sujin Yang "Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 39.3 pp.147-170 (2026) : 147.
Yukyoung So, Yujin Bae, Jungeun Kim, Sujin Yang. Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis. 2026; 39(3), 147-170.
Yukyoung So, Yujin Bae, Jungeun Kim and Sujin Yang. "Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 39, no.3 (2026) : 147-170.
Yukyoung So; Yujin Bae; Jungeun Kim; Sujin Yang. Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 39(3), 147-170.
Yukyoung So; Yujin Bae; Jungeun Kim; Sujin Yang. Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2026; 39(3) 147-170.
Yukyoung So, Yujin Bae, Jungeun Kim, Sujin Yang. Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis. 2026; 39(3), 147-170.
Yukyoung So, Yujin Bae, Jungeun Kim and Sujin Yang. "Cognitive Coping and Post-Loss Adjustment in College Students Who Experienced Relational Loss: A Latent Profile Analysis" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 39, no.3 (2026) : 147-170.