Impact And Forms of Bullying Behavior in Junior High School

Abstract

Bullying behavior and cases are of particular concern, especially in educational institutions in schools. Bullying that occurs in the school environment in whatever form has a huge impact on the students who are victims and will affect the learning process that is followed at school. This research aims to determine the impact of bullying on victims and the forms of bullying behavior carried out by bullies in junior high schools in the city of Yogyakarta. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with the aim of presenting the data as it is without manipulation or other treatments and also presenting a complete picture of an event or is intended to expose and clarify a phenomenon that occurs. The data collection technique in this research used interviews and direct observation or observation of 140 students spread across 14 junior high schools in the city of Yogyakarta. The results of the study showed that the form of bullying behavior carried out by students can be categorized into physical bullying against students and forms of bullying with words that hurt students as victims. while bullying using information technology is rarely done. Meanwhile, the impacts of bullying found include students who are victims of bullying feeling unsafe, anxious, uncomfortable, not confident, embarrassed, frustrated, inferior, angry, unwilling to socialize, afraid, feeling depressed, feeling isolated, uncomfortable in class and feeling helpless. This shows that bullying actions have a great influence on student resilience.