DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26740/cjpp.v2i1.7101Abstract
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami pengalaman perempuan single mother dalam menjalani hidup termasuk cara mengatasi kesulitan dan meraih kebahagiaan walaupun tanpa suami. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif fenomenologis dengan partisipan berjumlah lima orang yang diperoleh dengan teknik purposive sampling yang berhasil menemukan tiga orang partisipan dan snowball sampling mengahsilkan dua orang partisipan. Proses pengambilan data menggunakan teknik wawancara semi terstruktur dengan pedoman wawancara. Data penelitian ini kemudian dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis IPA (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). Hasil dari penelitian ini berhasil mengidentifikasi dua tema besar. Kedua tema itu ialah permasalahan utama single mother dan cara mengatasinya serta tema kedua yaitu menjaga kebahagiaan single mother. Tema pertama yaitu permasalahan utama single mother dan cara mengatasinya. Permasalahan utama single mother berupa kesulitan ekonomi, kesulitan mengurus rumah, kesulitan pengasuhan anak dan menghadapi stigma. Tema terakhir yakni menjaga kebahagiaan yang berhasil mengungkap sumber kekuatan bagi single mother yang didapat dari keluarga, religiusitas dan kenangan mendiang suami. Sub tema kedua yaitu mengambil hikmah dari status yang mengungkap mengambil hikmah, kenyamanan atas status, kebahagiaan atas kesuksesan anak dan tidak berniat menikah lagi. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah kesulitan yang dialami single mother berupa kesulitan ekonomi terutama biaya sekolah anak, kesulitan mengurus rumah karena tidak terbiasa mengurus rumah sebelumnya, adanya beban pengurusan anak tanpa suami serta harus menghadapi stigma. Kebahagiaan single mother didapat setelah melihat anak mereka tumbuh besar dan sukses. Kenyamanan akan status sekarang membuat single mother enggan menikah lagi.
Keyword : Pengalaman, Single Mother, Kebahagiaan
Abstract
This study aims to understand the experience of a single mother life, including the way they solve the problem and reach their personal happiness after the death of their husbands. This study used qualitative approach with phenomenological study with five participants who have been selected using purposive data collected snowball samplings. Collecting data using semi structure interviews analyzed using IPA (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). The result of the research was able to identify two major themes. The first theme is problems faced by single mother and how to overcome it and maintaining happiness. The main problems of a single mother are economic difficulty, house maintained, parenting difficulties and stigma. Second theme that is maintaining the happiness that is the source of strength for the single mother who come from families, religiosity and memories of the husband. The second sub-theme is to taking wisdom from their status revealed to take wisdom, comfort with their status, happiness on the success of their children and not intend to marry again. In general, conclusion of this study are difficulties of single mother in economy difficulties including school fee, house maintained, parenting and stigma. Happiness of single mother can get while their children growing and success. This comfort status make single mother does not want to remarriage
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