Abstract :
Factor of marriage because premarital pregnancy is prone to divorce are
jealousy more dominant. The purpose of this study was to determine how the
communication patterns of couples who get married because of premarital
pregnancy in overcoming jealousy to maintain the household.
This study uses the DeVito theory, there are four couples communication
patterns, Balance Patterns, Balance Reversed Patterns, Separator Not Balanced
Pattern, and The Monopoly pattern. The method used is depth interviews are
included in the qualitative research. Researchers took five informants, each of
which consists of married couples because of premarital pregnancy and until now
their marriage is not divorced yet.
The results of this study based on analysis of obtained data from
interviews, in outline is the informer I and V couples using Balance of
Communications Patterns (open) and informants II, III, and IV using Balance
Reversed of communication patterns (mutual respect the decision of the couple).