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Abstract

Lately, the divorce rates both nationally and regionally continues to increase. This is, what happened in the municipality of Malang, where the highest divorce rate is in the district Kedungkandang. This study aims to describe the causes of divorce, and the couple's commitment to achieve the goal of marriage. This study uses naturalistic approach with depth interviews as a method of data collection. The research informants were determined through snow ball methods among the widows and widowers in the district Kedungkandang who were divorced in 2012. Analysis and interpretation of data refers to the six-step analysis as presented by Creswell. The findings show that most of the research informants do not understand the meaning and purpose of marriage. Various things are presented as the cause of the divorce, such as economic, domestic violence (KDRT), infidelity, and so on, but the most fundamental cause of divorce is the lack of marital commitment between each partner in achieving the goal of marriage.© 2013 Universitas Negeri Semaran