Spirituality and Social Support as Predictors of Resilience in Long Distance Marriage (LDM): Study on HKBP Congregation in District XVIII JABARTENGDIY

This study aims to determine whether spirituality and social support simultaneously predict resilience in long-distance marriages (LDM) among members of the HKBP congregation in District XVIII Jabartengdiy. The hypothesis of this study is that spirituality and social support simultaneously predict the resilience of long-distance marriages among HKBP congregation members in District Jabartengdiy. The method used is a quantitative method with a correlational design. Data were collected and processed using the Resilience Questionnaire Test (RQ Test) to measure the resilience variable (Y), the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) to measure the spirituality variable (X1), and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) to measure the social support variable (X2). The participants consisted of 76 HKBP congregation members in Regional District XVII Jabartengdiy who were in long-distance marriages, obtained through purposive sampling technique. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression with the SPSS 21 program. The analysis results showed a simultaneous influence of spirituality and social support on resilience in Regional District XVII Jabartengdiy members who were in long-distance marriages, with an F-value of 230.681 and a significance value of 0.000 (p < 0.05). The coefficient value (R2) was 0.863, indicating that the contribution of spirituality and social support to resilience was 86.3%.