Family Resilience of Long-Distance Marriage Couples Among Lecturer IAIN Pekalongan

Abstract

In domestic life, ideally a husband and wife live under one roof. However, it is not uncommon for husband and wife who have long distance relationships for various reasons such as educational factors, careers, or economic factors. Long distance relationships in the context of marriage are called Long Distance Marriage, which is a condition in which married couples live in different places during work, sometimes for a long time for the career interests of the couple. This will cause problems between the two, therefore it takes family resilience. This research aims to find out how the resilience of families in couples who undergo long-distance marriages and the strategies they do to strengthen their households to remain harmonious. Researchers use qualitative approaches in descriptive form. The subject is a lecturer iain Pekalongan who undergoes a long distance relationship. Techniques for data collection with observations, interviews and documentation. The data obtained is analyzed through data reduction techniques, the presentation of data is then drawn conclusions. The results showed that the lecturers at IAIN Pekalongan who undergo long distance marriage can still maintain family harmony, because they are able to carry out family roles and functions well in accordance with the indicators of a prosperous family. The strategy they do to maintain the resilience of their families is to tell what is in their minds and feelings about what they like and worry about, then use the time when meeting for family time, good communication and open, trusting each other.