The present study aims to see the role of wisdom on loneliness in single women. The research was carried out through a quantitative approach with regression statistics. A total of 100 single female undergraduate students and workers aged 18-25 years participated in this study. Data was collected through a questionnaire consisting of (1) Brief Wisdom Screening Scale by Glück at al (2013), to measure wisdom, and (2) SELSA-S (Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adult) developed by Ditomasso et al (2004) to measure feelings of loneliness. The reliability value for the Brief Wisdom Screening Scale (BWSS) was 0.723, while the reliability value for Social Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adult (SELSA-S) was 0.754. The result showed there was 10.7% effects of wisdom on loneliness in single women (= 0.327 with R2 = -0.107 and p <0.001). It is concluded that there is a significant role of wisdom on feelings of loneliness. The study also proposes that individuals may lower the level of loneliness by increasing their wisdom.

Wisdom Loneliness Early Adulthood

Early adulthood is a periode of adjustment to work (pursuing career) and falling in love (developing intimacy), Santrock (2004) . These two things are usually felt by each individual, sometimes leaving little time for other things. At this periode of time each individual will think about his personal progress, both in terms of education and career, as well as from personal development such as fostering a family. Some individuals would put family development as first priority, while some others not. Arnett (in Santrock, 2012) called the transition from adolescence to early adulthood as emerging adult, which occurs between the ages of 18 and 25 years. At this time, many individuals explore more in the career path they want to choose, think personally about what they want. This includes the thought of either being single, or getting married.

Sanusi sees that life is full of choices, and every decision to choose one of the many choices will bring their own consequences. This means that every action taken will result in consequences for his own choice1. When an individual chooses to focus on his career or job while continuing his study / education the decision will bring to a chosen consequence. Some choices based on these thoughts can have different impacts, both for individuals themselves and for their environment, especially parents/family and friends. There are two main sources of intimacy in early adulthood, namely friends and partners. Young adult individuals whose in their 30s who do not have a partner or live alone are considered to have been in a critical age. This situation could be difficult for single individuals. A person who is still single could develop a sense of disappointment within, because the feeling of not being accepted and being the subject of discussion in the community.

Baltes states that wisdom includes how a person may identify problems in everyday life, as well as about how individuals are expected to be able to solve problems by behaving wisely in the face of uncertain life situations. If an individual can be wise in dealing with perceived problems, then the individual can think positively and be able to overcome them with common sense2. Individuals with a wise attitude can reduce perceived loneliness. One's wisdom can be seen from how he/she makes decisions in addressing and interpreting life by having motivation in life. Based on the results of research from Nirbayaningtyas & Aniza which states that the higher the level of individuals find meaning in life, the lower the sense of loneliness, and conversely the lower the individual find meaning in life, the higher the loneliness. This shows that there is an effect that make individual feel lonely if they do not have the meaning in life. Therefore, as a human being who has entered early adulthood, a person should be able to respond more wisely to thoughts and behaviors that reflect adult attitudes.

Explained above, the researcher chooses single women who have entered early adulthood as respondents, because at this time where individuals explore more in the career path they want to choose, there are those who choose to continue with higher education, and there are those who think about their personal/family development later. This is in the form of thinking whether being single, or getting married. So the focus of this research is to examine whether there is a role of wisdom possessed by a person, especially from single women on the sense of loneliness.