Hubungan Keterbukaan Diri (Self-Disclosure) dengan Kepuasan Pernikahan pada Istri di Kelurahan Mangga, Medan

Abstract

This study aims to determine the correlation between self disclosure and marital satisfaction in wife in Kelurahan Mangga, Medan. Sample was taken by using incidental sampling technique. This study uses self-disclosure scale and marital satisfaction scale by involving 70 married woman in Kelurahan Mangga, Medan. Self disclosure in this study measured by self disclosure scale consists of 9 aspects of Self disclosure by Magno, Cuason & Figueroa (2008) i.e : emotional state, sex, interpersonal relationship, personal matters about the self, taste, thought, religion, problem, work/study. While marital satisfaction in this study measured by marital satisfaction scale consists of 10 aspects marital scale by Olson and Onlson (in Lestari, 2012) : communication, flexibility, proximity, personal suitability, conflict resolution, sexual relations, leisure activity, family and friend, financial management, spiritual belief. Based on the results of data analysis conducted, so it obtains a result that there is a positive relationship between self disclosure with marital satisfaction in wife with the coefficient correlation value rxy= 0,543 with sig = 0,000 < 0,050. Self disclosure made an effective contribution of 29.5 % on marital satisfaction in wife in Kelurahan Mangga, Medan and 70.5% were affected by other factors which were not studied in this study.