ABSTRAK Pernikahan suatu kebutuhan semua individu baik pria maupun wanita
dewasa, pernikahan termasuk rangkaian hirarki kebutuhan dasar, kemampuan
lansia yang tidak menikah dalam menemukan makna hidup sangat dibutuhkan
Tujuan penelitian mendapatkan pemahaman yang mendalam tentang makna hidup
lansia tidak menikah. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan
desain fenomenologi, jumlah partisipan sebanyak tujuh orang, tempat penelitian
panti wreda di Kota Bandung. Hasil penelitian menemukan dua puluh satu
kategori dan enam tema yaitu memaknai sebuah pernikahan, alasan tidak
menikah, perhatian keluarga tentang pernikahan, konsekuensi psikologis tidak
menikah, menerima tidak menikah sebagai ketetapan Tuhan dan hikmah positif
tidak menikah. Penelitian ini direkomendasikan bagi peneliti selanjutnya untuk
melakukan penelitian sejenis dikomunitas.
ABSTRACT Being married is a need for adult women and man. Marriage is a part of
human needs hierarchy. The ability of unmarried elderly in finding the meaning of
life is needed. The purpose of this study was to have a depth understanding of the
meaning of life for unmarried elderly. This study used the qualitative research
method with fenomenological approach, number of participants as many as seven
people, place of this study in Nursing Home Bandung City. The finding of this
research revealed twenty one categorics and six main themes. The themes were
meaning of a marriage, the reasons of unmarried, family concern about marriage,
psychological consequences of being unmarried, accepting of not being married
as the GOD?s wish and a positive meaning for not being married. This research
was recommended for further research to conduct similar research the community.
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