Communication Patterns in Conflict Interactions in Premarital Couples Who Are in Abusive Relationships

This study examines communication patterns in conflict interactions in premarital couples who experience abusive relationships. Abusive relationships mean relationships in which one person controls, and the perpetrator feels like the ruler in the relationship. The perpetrator of an abusive relationship uses verbal and nonverbal violence. The method used in this study is a descriptive qualitative approach, employing data collection techniques through in-depth interviews. Data validity testing techniques use source triangulation. The data analysis techniques employed in this study include data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. This study found that the sources of conflict for informant AB couples include infidelity and verbal, nonverbal, and physical violence. The sources of conflict for informant CD couples include LDR, infidelity, verbal violence, interference from the male's parents, and mindset. The sources of conflict for informant EF couples include LDR, infidelity, verbal violence, nonverbal violence, physical violence, interference from the female's parents, and mindset. Based on the four informants, the conflict is open and destructive. The communication pattern in the first three informants' conflict interactions uses a separate unbalanced pattern, while the fourth couple uses a monopoly pattern. Internal factors influencing informant AB include unstable emotions and differences in mindset and economy, while external factors include infidelity. Internal factors that influence informant CD include unstable emotions, differences in mindset, negative thoughts, power, and position, while external factors are infidelity and parental interference. Internal factors that influence EF informants include unstable emotions, differences in mindset, always thinking negatively, the economy, and bipolar disorder, while external factors include infidelity and parental interference. Meanwhile, GH is influenced by a jealous personality and differences in mindset, as well as his parents' military profession, which serve as external factors. The four pairs of informants ended their relationships before marriage due to issues of relationship abuse and low commitment in premarital relationships. Although the relationship ended, the victims still experienced stress, trauma, and depression.