Enhance and Decrease Psychology Conditions of Children after Mother and Father Divorced

Abstract

Divorce in a family bond is common. However, not a few of these divorces hurt children. This cased makes children a victim of divorce from their parents. For example, children are often angry, not confident, often feel lonely, and so on. Of course, the psychology of children from divorced families will experience obstacles in the process of self-development. In Situbondo, the divorce rate reached 2055 cases of divorce filing in 2010; This is the highest divorce rate in the last five years. Therefore, the authors are interested in carrying out this study to determine the impact of divorce on children's psychology, especially children of farming families who divorce in Bungatan Village, Situbondo Regency. This study uses the snowball technique to determine the informants' children aged 6-17 years whose families are divorced. This study indicates that the psychology of children from divorced families has a significant negative impact, such as low self-esteem towards their environment, temperament (irritability), and prolonged disappointment with their parents. Keywords: Psychology, Children, Divorce.