THE INFLUENCE OF DIVORCE ON PERSONALITY IN FREUD’S PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Infidelity is an immoral act that affects the people around it. One of the most unavoidable impacts is the influence on the psychological health of children. This research aims to analyze the changes in the personality of children to adults who are victims of their parents' infidelity in Sigmund Frued's perspective. According to Frued, there are three structural components that make up human personality, namely id, ego, and superego. The three components are interrelated and interact in the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques in the form of interviews, observations, and document studies. The results of this study indicate that there is a change in a person's personality that is influenced by the act of infidelity of his parents. The perpetrator of infidelity is dominated by "id" as a form of gratification of pleasure without caring about the consequences caused to the surrounding people, especially their children. While the victim of infidelity experiences inner conflict because the "ego" cannot balance the demands of the "superego" and "id" which have the same strength, but contradict each other.