STRONGER TOGETHER”: HOW MARRIED COUPLE STRATEGY TO WORK TOGETHER BRINGS IMPACT TO THE SATISFACTION OF RELATIONSHIP

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find the influence of dyadic coping on the relationship satisfaction of married couples. The research method that's been used for this research is quantitative non-experiment with non-probability sampling technique with 150 married couples as respondents or 300 respondents in total. The theory that’s been used for this research is the relationship satisfaction, in a definition is an evaluation of interpersonal towards a feeling of positivity one of the partners in a romantic relationship And also the dyadic coping theory which is defined as a strategy that couples did together as teamwork to deal with or cope with stressful life events. Based on the result of the research, had been found a conclusion that any individual whether they’re from the husbands or wives group of respondents, both of the group tend to practice positive dyadic coping more rather than negative dyadic coping. The research also shows that both of the husbands and wives group of respondents tend to practice emotionally focused coping on their dyadic coping strategy. Whereas on the husband’s group, their relationship satisfaction is much higher if there’s a lot of intimacy in their marriage. And for the wives group, the relationship satisfaction will increase if the marriage is filled with love. The interesting part that’s been discovered from this research is that both of the group whether from the husbands and wives who practice negative dyadic coping or the group of husbands and wives who practice positive dyadic coping, the husband’s sides are the sides who always have higher relationship satisfaction compared to the wives sides.