Penelitian ini menganalisa dinamika interalcsi dalam keluarga orangiua tunggal untuk memahami fami{v_/imctionirzg dengan Beavers Systems Model. Pendekatan lcualitatif digunakan untuk memperoleh deskripsi yang kaya mengenai keluarga orangtua tunggal dan keberfimgsiannya saat ini. Wawancara dilakukan terhadap 3 keluarga dan masing-masing keluarga diwakili oleh orangtua tunggal dan salah satu anaknya yang sesuai dengan kriteria yang telah ditentukan. Untuk mendukung data yang diperoleh, sebelum wawancara para panisipan diminta untuk mengisi instmmen Self-report Family Inventory (SFI) yang dikembangkan berdasarkan Beavers System Model. Hasil analisis menunjukkan keunikan dari masing-masing keluarga orangtua tunggal dalam berfungsi. Saat ini, ketiga kasus menunjukkan tingkatan family functioning yang berbeda-beda, yaitu adeqzzaiefamilies, midrange mfxedfamilies, dan borderline famlies. Penelitian ini juga memperlihatkan adanya usaha untuk menyamakan famiy functioning masing-masing keluarga tunggal dengan kondisi mcreka sebelum menjadi kcluarga orangtua tunggal.

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The study analyzed the dynamics of interactions in single-parent families in order to understand the family fiinctioning using the Beavers Systems Model. This qualitative study was conducted to provide rich descriptions of single-parent families and their functioning at this moment. Interviews were conducted with 3 families. Each was represented by the single parent and one ofthe children that were suitable for the research. In order to support the data, before the interviews, the participants were asked to iill in the Self-report Family Inventory (SFI) that was developed based on the Beavers Systems Model.

The analysis revealed the uniqueness of each single-parent families in their functioning. The three cases showed different levels of family functioning; adequate families, midrange mixed families and borderline families. This study also revealed the efforts of each family to match their family functioning with what they had before they became single-parent families.