摘要:Marriage is one of young adulthood’s developmental task. The beginning phase of marriage is oftenbeyond expectation of the newlyweds, it is a hard adjustment time for the couples. Therefore, adjustment in thisphase is crucial for future marriage quality. The aim of this research is to describe the dyadic adjustment ofyoung adult couples in the beginning phase of their marriage, using Spanier’s dimension of dyadic adjustment.This reasearch use qualitative approach with interview and observation as data collection method. Thisresearch found that in dyadic consensus, one couple see a disagreement because of different way of thinking. Indyadic cohesion, one couple feel that they are lack of intimacy. In dyadic satisfaction, the couples tend to feelsatisfied. While in affectional expression, the couples tend to express affection thruouh physical contact andbehaviour that accord with their couple’s preference. Areas that could be improved are couple’s communicationto reach dyadic concensus and couple’s intimacy to increase dyadic cohession
关键词:dyadic adjustment; beginning phase of marriage; young adult