MOTIVASI PADA PEREMPUAN BALI YANG MEMILIH HAMIL SEBELUM MENIKAH
Abstract: As a social human
being, a human cannot live by him/her self; he/she needs somebody else to
interact, socialize, and have a relationship, which eventually create new
generations through sexual intercourse (Sumpami, 2008). Marriage is a physical
and mental bonding between a man and a woman as a wife and a husband to build a
happy and eternal family based on one almighty God. Bali is one of Indonesian
provinces that still strongly hold its tradition. To have a child is a kind of
requisite in Balinese marriage. A preliminary study conducted by a researcher
on 2013 shows that 8 out of 20 Balinese women chose to get pregnant before
marriage because of the requisition from their partner and partner’s parent
(Saraswaty, 2013). Based on this fact, many study are having interest to find
out Balinese women’s motivation to get pregnant before marriage.
This research used qualitative method with phenomenology design.
Respondents are four Balinese women, which were chosen through purposive
sampling method. The research results show that the interviewees have intrinsic
and extrinsic motivation on deciding to get premarital pregnancy. The intrinsic
motivation, consist of a feeling of have found perfect match, being accepted by
partner’s parents, a desire to be loved deeper, felt appreciated and fidelity
of partner, tried to prove that be able to have a baby. While the extrinsic
motivation are a feeling of being scared of people’s contempt, afraid that her
partner will get married again, motivated to get a better life, getting
attention from partner and partner’s parents, and having grown up and
responsible partner.
Penulis: Ratih Saraswaty,
David Hizkia Tobing
Kode Jurnal: jppsikologiperkembangan160055
