Adversity Quotient on Single Mother

Abstract

Single mother is someone who loses a partner and is responsible for raising her children. Became a single mother would have difficulties and problems and has a double role in the household (as a mother whose job is to take care of the household as well as replace the figure of the husband as the breadwinner to overcome the difficulties of life requires a special ability in the form of Adversity Intelligence. The aim of this study to examine how the Adversity Quotient of single mothers in solving their daily challenges. The approach in this study uses qualitative methods with purposive sampling techniques. Data analysis use in-depth interview and observation were used to collect data from six single mothers (divorced and widow single mother) that participated in this study. The results of this study showed that Adversity Quotient gave positive contributions to help single mothers solving their daily challenges. In this study, divorce single mothers were more likely to have better endurance than widow single mothers. As for distinguishing adversity quotient between divorcee single mother and widow single mother is the endurance dimension. Interestingly, all subjects have the same motivation in the form of providing proper education for their children, so that single mother strives to realize that goal.