STUDI FENOMENOLOGI TENTANG PENGALAMAN KOMUNIKASI ANTAR PRIBADI ORANG TUA-ANAK TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN ANAK PADA NORMA-NORMA PERILAKU (KASUS PADA ANAK PENYANDANG AUTISME)
Abstract: Interpersonal
Communication is the most important communication process for every human
being. Family relationship is one of the examples where interpersonal
communication happened between Parents and Child. Moreover, family is the most
important “social network” for a child in their early life period so that
relationship with family is a kind of base attitude to other people, things and
life in general. Therefore interpersonal communication between parents and
child has, a role in giving child understanding about the way of life that
child must internalize through behavior norms that have been taught. On the
other hand, autism disorder severely impairs development of a person’s ability
to communicate both verbal and nonverbal, interact with other people, and
maintain normal contact with the outside world. This condition needs serious
attention for parents with autism child. The purpose of this research is to
reveal about how interpersonal communication happened between parents and child
in giving understanding about behavior norms to autism child. Theories that
used in this research are interpersonal communication theories from Devito,
Laing and Fisher, effectiveness interpersonal communication theory from
humanistic perspective, child dependency theory from Jones and Gerard, child
communication theory from schramm and phenomenology theory. Research method
that used in this research is qualitative descriptive with phenomenology
approach. From this research we may know that parents experience in
communicating with autism child is different between one to another. Every
parent’s interpretation about their experience is being infl uenced by their
relation with time, their self, information about autism also child age and
child condition. Regarding self in relation to time revealed that the more
parents spent their time with their child the more parents understand about
their child characteristic and child habit that leads to effectiveness
communication. In relation to self revealed that after they knew about their child
condition, they show empathy, supportiveness, positiveness in their attitudes.
In brief, we can say that the parents’ willingness to confess that they have
autism child is the most signifi cant step, whichhave great impact to their
child development.
Keywords: interpersonal
communication, phenomenology, autism
Penulis: Desi Dwi Prianti
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd110012
