HOUSEHOLD COPING STRATEGIES IN FACING INFIDELITY

Abstract

The phenomenon that often occurs today in marriage is infidelity. Cases of infidelity in marriage resulting in divorce continue to increase from year to year; throughout 2007, infidelity caused 10,444 divorces to occur out of a total of 15,771 divorce cases in Indonesia. In 2010 cases of infidelity also increased to 20 ,199 cases. The purpose of this study was to determine the coping strategies and subjective well-being of victims of infidelity. The research method used is a descriptive qualitative method with a case study approach. The respondents in this study used purposive sampling. The data collection method is through interviews and observations. Data analysis techniques used are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results showed that the coping strategy carried out by families experiencing infidelity was to increase family resilience, especially psychological resilience. Women and men experience the most dominant negative emotion is anger. A family is experiencing infidelity. Both need social support, and they are oriented towards spiritual support. Both men and women experience stress in dealing with their partner's infidelity and reduce tension/pressure with various strategies.

Keywords

• coping strategy
• infidelity
• strategy
• marriage