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generality. Festinger (1957) suggested sources of
cognitive dissonance are logical inconsistencies,
cultural values, general opinions and past
experiences. But in both partners, there is no source
of cognitive dissonance from past experience.
Respondents who experience cognitive
dissonance can reduce the cognitive dissonance they
experience. Based on the results of interviews
conducted, it turns out that these two partners reduce
their cognitive dissonance by changing the cognitive
elements of the environment and they convince
themselves that what they are doing is correct. This
is in accordance with Festinger (1957) suggesting
the way an individual carries out cognitive
dissonance is changing the cognitive elements of
behavior, changing the cognitive elements of the
environment, and adding new cognitive elements.
The two pairs above reduce cognitive dissonance by
changing the cognitive elements of the environment
so that consonants with cognitive elements of
behavior can be done to reduce or even eliminate the
cognitive dissonance that occurs. Both of these pairs
add a factor of self-confidence that is to assume that
what they are doing is right. This is in accordance
with Breckler, Olson, & Wiggins, (2006) how to
reduce cognitive dissonance can also be done
through rationalization, which is convincing yourself
that the behavior carried out at this time or in the
past are all reasonable and acceptable. So that with
reducing the cognitive dissonance that is
experienced slowly the subject can reduce the
cognitive dissonance experienced.
6 CONCLUSIONS
The conclusion of this research is that from the two
pairs of different religions the factors that influence
them to conduct interfaith marriages are from the
first couple, the couple is doing it on their own
accord and given the freedom to choose a partner,
while the second pair is avoiding cohabiting, at their
own discretion and they saw the family of their
fellow workers who were married to different
religions. The source of cognitive dissonance for the
first and second pairs has the same source of
cognitive dissonance that comes from logical
inconsistencies, cultural values, public opinion, and
the way the two partners reduce cognitive
dissonance by changing the cognitive elements of
the environment and successfully convincing
themselves that what they did it right. Suggestions
from this study are for couples of different religions
to keep their marriage because it is their own
decision, for unmarried couples who are still dating
to think carefully about different marriages, families
are expected to accept decisions that taken by the
child, for the public not to negatively view this
interfaith marriage, and for the next researcher to use
methods other than qualitative, namely by
quantitative methods to determine the differences in
cognitive dissonance in husband and wife and focus
on sources of cognitive dissonance from the past.
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