KOMUNIKASI SUPORTIF PASANGAN SUAMI ISTRI PASCA PHK DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

This study is a study of supportive communication between husband and wife after being laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study is to describe in detail how the level of supportive communication that occurs between married couples who are victims of layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research method uses descriptive qualitative by using in-depth interview data collection techniques. As for the source of the resource is done by purposive sampling technique, namely the selection of samples based on certain considerations. For secondary data obtained from literature study and collection of literature related to this research. The three married couples who became informants in this study were SS and S, S and R and L and H. These three couples can apply supportive communication if they fulfill supportive behavior which includes description, problem orientation, spontaneity, empathy, equality and provisionalism and factors that influence supportive communication. Based on the results of the study, the first and second pairs were able to apply good supportive communication, by never making judgments or blaming, always being open and willing to accept differences of opinion and criticism. While the third partner does not apply the existence of supportive communication because the third partner still makes judgments with prejudice and responds to criticism with anger, on the other hand the wife is able to accept differences of opinion and never interrupts.