Bullying experience in primary school children

Farah Aulia

doi:10.23916/schoulid.v1i1.37.28-32

Bullying experience in primary school children

Farah Aulia⁽¹⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

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Copyright (c) 2016 Farah Aulia

DOI : https://doi.org/10.23916/schoulid.v1i1.37.28-32

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Language : en

Abstract

Bullying is still a significant problem today. Bullying occurs starting from the primary level up to college. The impact of the bullying on victims can be a lonely, difficult to adjust, insecurity, low self-esteem, depression and the worst is suicide. The earlier effort to detect bullying experienced by children will be able to prevent long-term effects caused. This study was conducted on 258 students of class 4-5 primary school in Yogyakarta. Data was collected through open-ended questionnaires associated with feelings and experiences of bullying in schools both as perpetrators and victims. The result showed that students feel negative emotions associated with bullying at school and most children experience bullying at school with a variety of forms, ranging from physical, verbal and relational from peers at school. These findings have implications related to the effort to do the school to help students cope with the impact of bullying experienced.

Keywords

Bullying, Students, Elementary School

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