Marital Satisfaction in Individuals Who Remarry After Divorce

Abstract

Every individual who enters married life certainly expects the presence of happiness in domestic life with the same person from beginning to end, one forever. Due to several different factors, in reality married life has its respective problems, so that family life cannot be compared with one another. However, due to several varied causes, not all couples were successful in resolving conflicts in their marriage, so that some married couples ended their marital conflicts with divorce. Hoping the divorce decision will end the conflict, Some individuals have high hopes that the disappointment in their previous marriage will be cured if after the divorce they will remarry with someone they think is better than their previous spouse. This study aims to determine the level of marital satisfaction in individuals who remarry given the high expectation brought to the next marriage after experiencing disappointment due to the failure of the previous marriage. The findings from this study are expected to be beneficial form of psychoeducation for the community, given the increasing phenomenon of divorce everywhere.