The Effect of Interpersonal Communication on Marital Satisfaction among Wives Who Married Early in Mandangin Islands

Irada Nur Anisa Wicaksono, Herdina Indrijati

2018

Abstract

According by UNICEF and BPS Indonesia the number of divorces increases along with the increasing number of early marriages in various regions of Indonesia especially in remote area. In this case women are more prone to experience the negative impact of early marriage. They was not ready to accept the new role in their marriage, so vulnerable to experience dissatisfaction in marriage life and often lead to divorce. Divorce is one of the phenomenon that indicate marital dissatisfaction. Any research shows that main problem in couples who get married early was communication. Effective interpersonal communication contributes to constructive conflict resolution and a strong predictor of marital satisfaction. And the satisfaction of marriage decreases along with the younger age at marriage. This research aim to know whether there are influence of interpersonal communication to marital satisfaction among wives who married early. This type of research was quantitative explanatory survey research conducted on 56 respondent. Data technique sampling used non probability sampling with snowballing technique. Data analysis using simple linear regression analysis technique. The result of analysis shows that there was significant effect of interpersonal communication on marital satisfaction among wives who married early. Subsequent research is expected to examine factors other than interpersonal communication that affect marital satisfaction among wives who married early, and use qualitative methods in order to get an in-depth results on the cultural context of research.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wicaksono I. and Indrijati H. (2018). The Effect of Interpersonal Communication on Marital Satisfaction among Wives Who Married Early in Mandangin Islands.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 133-139. DOI: 10.5220/0008586301330139

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Irada Nur Anisa Wicaksono and Herdina Indrijati},
title={The Effect of Interpersonal Communication on Marital Satisfaction among Wives Who Married Early in Mandangin Islands},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={133-139},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008586301330139},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - The Effect of Interpersonal Communication on Marital Satisfaction among Wives Who Married Early in Mandangin Islands
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Wicaksono I.
AU - Indrijati H.
PY - 2018
SP - 133
EP - 139
DO - 10.5220/0008586301330139