Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ Infidelity

The divorce experience of a woman caused by her husband's infidelity will impact her life. This study aimed to understand the psychological impacts of divorced women due to their husbands’’ infidelity. The research used a phenomenological method of qualitative approach. Research participants we...

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Main Authors: Vina Witri Astuti, Sri Lestari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Tribakti Lirboyo Kediri 2022-06-01
Series:Journal An-Nafs: Kajian Penelitian Psikologi
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Online Access:https://ejournal.iai-tribakti.ac.id/index.php/psikologi/article/view/2084
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description The divorce experience of a woman caused by her husband's infidelity will impact her life. This study aimed to understand the psychological impacts of divorced women due to their husbands’’ infidelity. The research used a phenomenological method of qualitative approach. Research participants were five women who experienced a divorce caused by husbands’ infidelity selected using the purposive sampling technique. The age range of the participants was 26 to 38 years. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The results of this study showed that the psychological condition of women who divorced because of infidelity included feelings of inferiority and worthless, fear and worry about the future, feelings of sadness and misery, regret and disappointment because the reality was different from expectations, anger, hate and heartache, hopeless, difficulty trusting men because of feeling betrayed. During the infidelity, the husband and wife relationship experienced conflict, which worsened the situation until they decided to divorce. Even after the divorce, the negative psychological conditions were still felt and caused doubts about the self’s ability to be responsible for growing up children and making them happy.
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spelling doaj.art-e8934ffbbaeb4d3296bd9c91faa59c4c2024-03-02T06:01:47ZengUniversitas Islam Tribakti Lirboyo KediriJournal An-Nafs: Kajian Penelitian Psikologi2528-06002549-61662022-06-0171617410.33367/psi.v7i1.20842084Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ InfidelityVina Witri Astuti0Sri Lestari1Universita Muhammadiyah SurakartaUniversitas Muhammadiyah SurakartaThe divorce experience of a woman caused by her husband's infidelity will impact her life. This study aimed to understand the psychological impacts of divorced women due to their husbands’’ infidelity. The research used a phenomenological method of qualitative approach. Research participants were five women who experienced a divorce caused by husbands’ infidelity selected using the purposive sampling technique. The age range of the participants was 26 to 38 years. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The results of this study showed that the psychological condition of women who divorced because of infidelity included feelings of inferiority and worthless, fear and worry about the future, feelings of sadness and misery, regret and disappointment because the reality was different from expectations, anger, hate and heartache, hopeless, difficulty trusting men because of feeling betrayed. During the infidelity, the husband and wife relationship experienced conflict, which worsened the situation until they decided to divorce. Even after the divorce, the negative psychological conditions were still felt and caused doubts about the self’s ability to be responsible for growing up children and making them happy.https://ejournal.iai-tribakti.ac.id/index.php/psikologi/article/view/2084psychological impactdivorceinfidelityhusband's infidelity
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Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ Infidelity
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psychological impact
divorce
infidelity
husband's infidelity
title Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ Infidelity
title_full Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ Infidelity
title_fullStr Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ Infidelity
title_full_unstemmed Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ Infidelity
title_short Psychological Condition of Women Who Divorced Due to Husbands’ Infidelity
title_sort psychological condition of women who divorced due to husbands infidelity
topic psychological impact
divorce
infidelity
husband's infidelity
url https://ejournal.iai-tribakti.ac.id/index.php/psikologi/article/view/2084
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