| dc.description.abstract | Marriage have one purpose! happily ever after. But, marriage will end when
spouse cannot reconciliate the problem they faced (pease & pease, 2003). Divorce
rate increased every years and fact show that woman having initiated twice more than
man (Kincaid & Callwell; Pettit & Bloom, in Baum, 2006). Thats why this research
involve woman who initiate divorce.
Divorce is one of life change. Change in life fol.low by many problems and must
resolve (Holmes & Holmes, 1970). When human cannot resolve, desperate and other
psychological crisis will coming. Divorced woman experience many changes in their
life, so she need to adjust.
Some emotional reaction follow divorce are helplessness, low self esteem, anger,
ambivalen, hostility, social isolated and depression (Hughes, l9g5; Salts in Lemme,
1995). Beside that, divorced person will feel guilty, loneliness, and other negative
emotion (Booth & Amato, 1991; Cohen, Finzi, & Avi-yonah, 1999; pam & pearson,
1998 in cohen & Savaya, 2003) as well as reduce physical and mental health (cotton,
1999; Demo & Acock, 1996 in Cohen & Savaya, 2003). Divorce is traumatic
experience (Hurlock, 1980). Divorce influence people in vary ways, depend on how
well they adjust.
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This reseach use qualitative method because this method can explore adjustment
when woman get divorce.
Result show how divorced woman in this research make some adjustment in their
ll!e. Adjustrnent in participant t have more difficult than adjustrneniin participant 2.
we can explained it by factors influence adjustment in divorced woman. narticipant I
ha_v9 no social support, the absence meaningful tlpes of relationship, resistant to
advice which is inappropriate with what she expected, guilty and regret to divorce.
Otherwise, participant 2 have meaningful social support, have meaningful types of
relationship and operuress to advice. She also still anger with her ex-husbana; but it
makes her though to refuse her husband. Beside thai spiritual practice help her to
adjust._ Finally, participant 2 have factors which is can support her life adjustrnent
more tlan participant 1 . | en_US |
