Marital Ethnocounseling in Achieving Marital Peace: A Fuzzy Delphi Approach

• Published in: The Family journal (Alexandria, Va.)
• Main Authors: Handari, Sai, Nurihsan, Achmad Juntika, Ilfiandra, Ilfiandra, Nugroho, Yusro Edy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 03.06.2025
• ISSN: 1066-4807; 1552-3950
• DOI: 10.1177/10664807251333768

This research aimed to formulate a framework for marital ethnocounselling in achieving marital peace. This research used multi-methods through two stages, namely: ethnographic design in the form of case studies and fuzzy Delphi method. The subjects of ethnographic research in the form of case studies were four couples with a Javanese cultural background who have been married for 7 years and 32 years. Analysis techniques used in ethnography include domain, taxonomy, and component analysis. As for obtaining expert visibility, it was carried out in two rounds with 16 experts. Analysis used with Delphi fuzzy method. The research findings show (1) the ethnocounselling framework for marriage contains definition, rationale, nature, and meaning of marriage, objectives, assumptions, functions of the counselor, experiences of the counselee, procedures and techniques, assessment, evaluation, and indicators of success, and closing; and (2) expert visibility of the marital ethnocounselling framework as indicated by the construct d value of 0.155 < 0.2, the average of fuzzy score (a-cut) of 0.698 > 0.500, which means that the items as a whole have achieved expert visibility so that the marital ethnocounselling framework in achieving marital peace is suitable for use, and further developed. The research has theoretical implications by reconstructing ontology, axiology, and methodology