Divorced Couple’s Forgiveness in Banda Aceh

Abstract

Divorce has some impact for family, such as suffering for children and an influx of negative emotion (such as anger, hostility, and hatefulness) between couples. Forgiveness is regarded as one of the very effective ways to reduce said negative emotions. This study aimed to look at gender difference in forgiveness of couples that divorced in Banda Aceh. The sample in this study were 92 subjects consisting of 46 male (mean age 42 years) and 46 female (mean age 36 years) using purposive sampling data collection technique. Data was collected by Transgression-Related Interpersonal Motivation (TRIM)-18. The hypothesis analysis result using Independent sample t-test showed that t=2.652 and a significancy of p=0.411 (p>0.1). Based on the analysis result, the proposed hypothesis in this study is confirmed, which is that there is a gender difference in forgiveness. The result of statistical calculation also showed that men’s average score is lower than that of women’s, which is 51.54 (male) ˂ 58.47 (female). It indicates that men have a higher level of forgiveness than women.