Communication between Husband and Wife in Negotiating a Parenting Role for their Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Main Author: ANDRIA SAPTYASARI, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Airlangga 2020
• Subjects: GN451-477.7 Intellectual life Including communication, recreation, philosophy, religion, knowledge, etc.
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/117307/1/2.1.%20Communication%20Between%20Husban%20and%20Wife.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/117307/3/2.3.%20Bukti%20Korespondensi%20Communication%20Between%20Husban%20and%20wife.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/117307/7/Communication%20between%20Husband%20and%20Wife.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/117307/; http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/jkmi/article/view/12771
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Families that have children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) were vulnerable in terms of financial, emotional, energy, and time that causes tension between husbands and wives as parents in caring for their children with ASD. The main purpose of this study is to elaborate on the communication used by married heterosexual couples in negotiating a parenting role related to financial, emotional, energy, and time problems for their child with ASD by using relational dialectical theory. The data collection method used interviews. The participants’ selection used snowball. The participants consisted of three married heterosexual couples with three different ages of children with ASD in East Java. The results showed that there are dynamic changes related to the role of married couple participants in meeting financial, emotional, time, and energy needs for their children with ASD who have difficulties in social communication and repetitive, restricted behavior. In meeting all those needs, each participant does role sharing change when necessary and share tasks with respect and responsibility. They also accommodate changes by using collective consensus. The conclusion of this study is a compromise strategy that was used by them when sharing roles related to financial, emotional, time, and energy for children with ASD.