The Phenomenon of Child Bullying in Childhood Amelia Vinayastri (a*), Awaluddin Tjalla (b*), Riyan Arthur (c*)
a) Education Evaluation Research, Jakarta State University, Jl. R.Mangun Muka Raya No.11, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 13220
*AmeliaVinayastri_7817167615[at]mhs.unj.ac.id
b) Education Evaluation Research, Jakarta State University, Jl. R.Mangun Muka Raya No.11, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 13220
*Awaluddin-Tjalla[at]unj.ac.id
c) Education Evaluation Research, Jakarta State University, Jl. R.Mangun Muka Raya No.11, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 13220
*arthur[at]unj.ac.id
Abstract
Bullying is a problem experienced by children in different social class, race, economic status, environment and age range. The forms of bullying experienced by children in verbal bullying are 43%, physical bullying is 34% and cyber bullying is 23%. Late childhood bullying includes hitting, kicking the table, pinching, mocking, giving negative names, insulting, laughing behavior, ostracizing and asking for money from students. The phenomenon of bullying in childhood requires educators and teachers to identify indicators of children who have experienced bullying or have done it. Based on the description above, it showed the importance of bullying programs by detecting victims and perpetrators so as to obtain an overview of the phenomenon of childhood bullying. This research aims to provide an overview of the phenomenon of bullying in early childhood who attend early grades in early childhood education and elementary school/MI. The research subjects were children aged 6-8 years with a total of 622 children whose parents filled out the instrument. The data collection technique used a structured questionnaire using five scales related to physical, verbal and relational bullying. The data analysis technique uses percentages by adding up the frequency of the choice of scale from each item. The result showed that the phenomenon of bullying in children aged 6-8 years was 9.84% and the highest percentage of relational bullying was social exclusion.
