Abstract

Family is the smallest social unit in the society. Family also has an important role in the personal development in a child. However, today divorce rate in Indonesia has increased and divorce will harm people involved, including children. Divorce triggers weakens relationship between parent and children. In relational maintenance there are several behaviors used to maintain relational maintenance between parent and children. So the researcher was interested to know relational maintenance behaviours between divorced parents who had custody of their children with their children. In this study the researcher used qualitative research method and purposive sampling as the sampling technique. The informants were: divorced man or woman who has custody of their child and the man or woman’s child. Three people were from each group were interviewed, totaling in 6 informants. The method to test data validity has source triangulation method by comparing interview and observation result from all data sources, and only selecting consistant data which has then used as data. The result of this showed that the applications of relational maintenance behaviours between parent who had custody of their children with their children consisted of several types,including positivity, openness and routine talk,assurances, task and sharing, supportiveness,joint activities, humor, and constructive conflict management. However not all relational maintenance behaviors do by divorced parents who had custody of their children with their children. Some relational maintenance behaviors performed by divorced parents who had custody of their children with their children were: positivity, supportiveness, joint activities, humor, and constructive conflict management. Meanwhile, relational maintenance behaviors that is not performed by divorced parents who had custody of their children with their childrenwere: openness and routine talk and task and sharing that based on the lack of frequency of face-to-face between parents and children. Generally, relational maintenance performed by parent who had custody of their children with their children.

Highlights

  • Keluarga menurut Sudarja Adiwikarta dan Sigelman & Shaffer dalam (Yusuf, 2011) merupakan unit sosial terkecil yang bersifat universal, artinya terdapat pada setiap masyarakat di dunia atau suatu sistem sosial yang terbentuk dalam sistem sosial yang lebih, sedangkan menurut F

  • Namun di Indonesia sendiri tengah marak terjadinya kasus perceraian, berdasarkan berita yang dilansir oleh portal media online health.liputan6.com pada Maret 2014 menyebutkan bahwa angka perceraian yang ada di Indonesia mengalami peningkatan yang signifikan sebesar 333 ribu per tahun (Ariyanti, 2014)

  • Proses Komunikasi Interpersonal Ayah dan Anak dalam Menjaga Hubungan

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Summary

PENDAHULUAN

Keluarga menurut Sudarja Adiwikarta dan Sigelman & Shaffer dalam (Yusuf, 2011) merupakan unit sosial terkecil yang bersifat universal, artinya terdapat pada setiap masyarakat di dunia (universe) atau suatu sistem sosial yang terbentuk dalam sistem sosial yang lebih, sedangkan menurut F. Berdasarkan pada dua perspektif tersebut dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa keluarga terdiri dari orangtua dan anak yang merupakan unit terkecil yang ada pada setiap masyarakat di dunia. Sehingga dari definisi tersebut apabila dikaitkan dengan individu yang melakukan interaksi pertama kali dengan anak di dalam keluarga adalah orangtua, maka dari itu tidak heran. Hal serupa juga diungkapkan oleh Prihatiningsih bahwa perceraian suami-istri seringkali berakhir menyakitkan bagi pihak-pihak yang terlibat, termasuk di dalamnya adalah anak-anak yang berimbas pada timbulnya perasaan tidak memperoleh perlindungan dan kasih sayang dari orangtuanya (Prihatinningsih, n.d.). Dia juga merumuskan bahwa terdapat lima perilaku pemeliharaan hubungan yang meliputi: positivity (interaksi yang menyenangkan), openness (keterbukaan), task and sharing (pembagian tugas bersama), assurances (memberikan komitmen pada hubungan), dan social networking (menghabiskan waktu bersama dengan lingkungan sosial patner). Sehingga peneliti tertarik untuk mengetahui bagaimana perilaku pemeliharaan hubungan antara orangtua yang bercerai yang memiliki hak asuh dengan anaknya

Hubungan Antarpribadi dalam Komunikasi Antarpribadi
Pemeliharaan hubungan dalam Komunikasi Antarpribadi
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