Description of Interpersonal Communication of Early Married Couples from Subject Characteristics

Abstract

Interpersonal communication is sending messages from one person and received by others with immediate effect and feedback (Devito, 2011). Aspects of interpersonal communication based on Devito's opinion (in Shalom 2013) are openness, empathy, supportive attitude, positive attitude, and equality. The purpose of this study was to describe the interpersonal communication of couples who marry early in terms of subject characteristics. The characteristics of the subjects referred to in this study were gender, age at marriage, and length of the marriage. This research was conducted in Karangploso District, Malang Regency, with 150 research subjects. The research method used is descriptive-analytic with a cross-sectional approach. The results of this study are that there is no relationship between gender and interpersonal communication (p-value = 0.113), there is no relationship between age at marriage and interpersonal communication (p-value = 0.427), and there is no relationship between the length of the marriage and interpersonal communication ( p-value = 0.573).