ABSTRACT

Elopement is described as an act that is against the religion, culture and social values of a society. Elopement can cause negative impacts to the individual, the family and society. This issue is commonly discussed from legal and religious perspectives, but not from sociocultural perspectives. This study employed an open-ended question on the perception of elopement among Malay couples. A social media platform, namely Facebook, was utilized as a platform for data collection. The data was analyzed using a thematic analysis. The themes that emerge from the analysis are ungratefulness and disobedience to the family, elopement as a beginning of a miserable life, legal complications, criminal behaviors, and blessings in marriage. This article provides a discussion of elopement from a social perspective and poses further research avenues for future studies. This study hopes to raise the topic of elopement as an important issue when dealing with cultural, religious and family institutions.

摘要

私奔被描述为一种违背宗教、文化和社会价值观的行为。私奔会给个人、家庭和社会带来负面影响。人们通常从法律和宗教角度讨论这个问题，但很少从社会文化角度讨论。这项研究采用了一个关于马来夫妇对私奔的看法的开放式问题。社交媒体平台 Facebook 被用作数据收集平台。使用主题分析对数据进行分析。分析中出现的主题是忘恩负义和对家庭的不服从、私奔作为悲惨生活的开始、法律纠纷、犯罪行为和婚姻的祝福。本文从社会角度对私奔进行了讨论，并为未来的研究提出了进一步的研究途径。这项研究希望将私奔话题作为处理文化、宗教和家庭机构时的一个重要问题。