Mother- Daughter Relationship Conflict

lack of enthusiasm, self-esteem and dependent. Therefore, maltreatment children often have disorganized-disoriented attachments and negative, distorted self concept. They will not develop social skills because they act aggressively and are often rejected by peers. Physically abused child tend to be fearful and uncooperative. Emotional abusive will produce children to be lying, stealing, low self-esteem, emotional maladjustment, dependency, depression, aggression, homicide and suicide Papalia, Olds, Feldman, and Gross 296-297.

5. Mother- Daughter Relationship

The relationship between mother-child is possibly the most intimate of all forms of association for two people, for its closeness can not be compared even with the greatest love between man and women. It also implied that the unique nature of mother-child relationship is reflected in the term “mother- love” is commonly known than “father-love” which sounds unusual and strange Allers 245. Motherhood is the relationship of the mother to her child as a sociolinguistic, physiologic and emotional whole. This relationship begins with the conception of the child and extends throughout the further physiologic process of pregnancy, birth, feeding and care Deutsch 18. Furthermore, Deutsch explains that a daughter’s identification with her mother is important for her moral and emotional development. Mother will play as role of source of identification of her daughter, who will next develop her moral and behavior according her perception toward her mother Deutsch 322. A child usually has a special relation toward hisher mother, remembering she PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI is the only person who pregnant and gives birth; moreover, she takes care of the baby’s needs until heshe grows independently. Consequently, besides parents have a contribution in shaping a child’s personality; a mother is the one who first puts the basic shape of what a child’s personality. Based on Deutsch 312 sometimes, mother seeks and expects from her child something she misses in herself. While she naturally realizes that her child builds her personality on models, and since she herself does not want to give up to be her model, she makes a great effort to pretend before her to be what she is not. If the mother fails in this responsibility, her love for the child is transformed into hostility and become danger for the child.

6. Conflict

Conflict always happens in our society. A clash of interests, values, actions or directions often sparks a conflict. Conflicts refer to the existence of that clash. Psychologically, a conflict exists when the reduction of one motivating stimulus involves an increase in another, so that a new adjustment is demanded. Conflict is actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests http:www.indiana.edu~uhrstrainingcapersonality.html. Conflict can be divided into two. They are: a. Interpersonal Conflict This is a person-to-person conflict. Interpersonal conflict also means “an expressed struggle between at least two independent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scare resources, and interference from the other party in PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI achieving goals.” The essential thing in this concept comes from the words “expressed struggle” which has a deep meaning from both side to overcome the conflict and it needs compromise. There are five basic ways of addressing conflict are identified by Thomas and Kilman in 1976 in Wikipedia’s article. There are: First is accommodation, it surrenders on ones own needs and wishes to accommodate the other party. Secondly is avoidance. In this method, people usually avoid or postpone conflict by ignoring it, changing the subject, etc. Avoidance can be useful as a temporary measure to enhance time or as a method of dealing with very negligible, non-recurring conflicts. In more cases, conflict avoidance can involve severing a relationship or leaving a group. Thirdly is collaboration. In this method, people are work together to find a mutually beneficial solution. While the Thomas Kilman grid views collaboration as the only win-win solution to conflict, collaboration can also be time-intensive and inappropriate when there is not enough trust, respect or communication among participants for collaboration to occur. Fourthly is compromise. People are to find a middle ground in which each party is partially satisfied. Fifth is competition. It emphasized on one’s viewpoint at the possible solutions of another. It can be useful when achieving ones objectives balances ones concern for the relationship http:www.indiana.edu~uhrstrainingcapersonality.html b. Intrapersonal Conflict It goes on within one’s self. It deals with the struggle a person or character has within himselfherself. Richard G. Warga in his book “A Psychology of Adjustment” gives a point of view that its description includes into the intrapersonal PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI conflict. He says that a conflict is a special sort of frustration because it requires choosing among alternatives Warga 112. Warga also states in his book about types of conflict within a self. There are: first is approach-approach because it involves making choice between two equally attractive alternatives. The opposite of this is avoidance-avoidance conflict, in which the alternatives are equally unattractive. It means we are damned if choose one and doomed if we do not. And the last is double-approach-avoidance; that the conflict involves such choices of good and evil on both sides Warga 112.

B. Theoretical Framework

In analyzing the novel, the writer uses six theories; theories of character and characterization, theory of personality, theory of conflicts, theory of dissociative identity disorder, theory of parental influence on children psychological development, theory of motherhood. Theories of character and characterization will help the writer to describe the main character and all her characteristics of this story. It also means that the writer will describe all characters and their characteristics inside the main character. By using theory of personality, the writer will analyze deeper on the main character’s personality and her alternate. It helps to understand what personality is before study deeper on the next parts. The theory of dissociative identity disorder is used to give clear descriptions about dissociative identity disorder, being multiple, and the symptoms. Actually, this is the main theory in searching what kind of person Sybil is. Parental influence on children psychological development will describe and answer about the role of family, especially parents, as PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI