Program konseling pramarital desa (Koprade) untuk meningkatkan kesiapan menikah bagi calon pasangan pada masyarakat pinggiran Sungai Martapura, Kabupaten Banjar

Abstract

This community service aims to provide pramital counseling to prospective married couples in Martapura Timur, Kabupaten Banjar. The aim of holding the pre-marital counseling is to help the couples in making some mature decisions by doing an assement to them, which is associated with the marriage’s life. The young couples nowadays need a counseling especially to make clear of their marriage expectatios and to strengthen their relationship before the marriage, because today’s most problem is related with he large number of young couples, lack of the information about young marriage impact and increasing cases of divorce. According to data from the  religious Affairs office Banjar regency, it is known that divorce cases are increasing every year. Konseling Pramarital Desa (KOPRADE) is a program that can be used can be used as one of the intervention method to solve the problem of marriage at young age which is vulnerable to divorce.The method that is used in this activity are pscyhoeducation to the religious Affairs officer and counseling to the pre-marital couples that have been registered in Religious Affairs Office. The expected result of this counseling program is the increasing of the cognitive aspects about marriage’s designs, providing the readiness to the pre-marital couples to face the marriage’s life, minimalizing the emerge of marriage’s problem and creating an ideal family.