Empowerment Of Adolescents In Preventing Bullying Behavior at School

Abstract

Bullying is a behavior that is currently happening among teenagers. The impact that occurs as a result of bullying behavior is very dangerous for both victims and perpetrators such as decreased academic achievement, problems in socialization, and disruption of both physical and mental health. Intervention must be carried out to solve the problem of this bullying problem. One way is to invite youth to participate in caring for and preventing bullying behavior through educational activities and forming bullying prevention groups. The purpose of this activity is to increase youth's knowledge about bullying, and ways how to prevent it in order to prevent bullying behavior at school. This community service activity was carried out for 45 teenagers at SMP Plus Miftahul Ulum Kalisat by providing education and forming groups to prevent bullying behavior. Evaluation is done by measuring the knowledge of adolescents through pre-test and post-test. The results of the activity showed an increase in adolescent knowledge before and after the activity. The pre post results showed that 45% of teenagers had less knowledge about bullying, 35% had sufficient knowledge and 20% had good knowledge. After education and socialization there was a change in knowledge, 5% had less knowledge, 20% had sufficient knowledge and 75% had good knowledge. Education and outreach about bullying, ways and means of prevention are effective in increasing youth's knowledge about bullying.