Family Resilience towards Children Who Lost Father ’ s Because of Death from Family Communication Pattern

The objective of this research is to identify the relationship between family communication pattern fort the family whose father passed away and family resilience. Respondents in this research are120 adolescence whose father passed away with male (42,5%) and female (57,5%). This research also uses Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS) and Family Communication Pattern (RFCP) Scale. This research also uses family resilience theory from Walsh (in Sixbey, 2005). Alpha Cornbach Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS) is 0,910 with 67 items and Family Communication Pattern (RFCP) is 0,779 with 27 items. Data analyst of this research is Statistic Correlation test on Product Moment Facility SPSS Version 16.0 For Windows. The results show that there is significant positive correlation between family communication pattern for the family who has father passed away and family resilience. Moreover, it shows Laissez-Faire Family (40,32%), Protective Family (16,48%) and Consensual Family (8,06%). Thus, the highest percentage of family resilience is Laissez-Faire Family (40,32%).