The Meaning of Life in Elderly Men Due to Wife’s Death
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana tahapan dan sumber kebermaknaan hidup diperoleh lansia pria yang ditinggal pasangan sebab kematian. Metode yang digunakan merupakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara semi terstruktur dengan analisis data menggunakan analisis tematik. Uji keabsahan data yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan member checking dan triangulasi data. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini ada 3 orang lansia pria yang ditinggal pasangan sebab kematian dan tidak menikah kembali dengan anak perempuannya yang menjadi significant others. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkap 2 topik yaitu tahapan kebermaknaan hidup dan sumber kebermaknaaan hidup. Berdasarkan analisis data dapat disimpulkan bahwa lansia pria yang ditinggal pasangan sebab kematian kehidupannya bermakna karena berhasil melalui beberapa tahap yaitu tahap derita, tahap penerimaan diri, tahap penemuan makna hidup, dan tahap kehidupan bermakna. Sumber kehidupan bermakna dari nilai kreatif, nilai penghayatan, dan nilai bersikap.
Kata kunci: Kebermaknaan hidup, kematian pasangan, lansia pria
This study aims to find out how the stages and sources of meaningful life are obtained by elderly men who have been left by their partners because of death. The method used is a qualitative method with a case study approach. The data collection technique used was semi-structured interviews with data analysis using thematic analysis. Test the validity of the data carried out in this study using member checking and data triangulation. Participants in this study were 3 elderly men who were left by their partners due to death and did not remarry their daughters who became significant others. The results of this study reveal 2 topics, namely the stages of meaningful life and sources of meaningful life. Based on the data analysis, it can be concluded that the elderly man who was left by his partner because of death has a meaningful life because he has succeeded in going through several stages, namely the suffering stage, the self-acceptance stage, the discovery stage of the meaning of life, and the meaningful life stage. The source of life is meaningful from creative values, experimental wishes, and attitude values
Key word: The meaning of life, elderly men, wife’s death