Impact of Bullying on Children in the School Environment

Abstract

Background: School is one of the places where children interact with their peers. Children's behavior in interacting with others has different coping responses due to bullying behavior. The prevalence of this bullying behavior tends to increase in both cyber and school environments.Methods: This study used a cross sectional study design. The research subjects were 128 respondents. Selected through probability sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire illois bullying scale to measure the incidence of bullying and to determine the coping mechanism using a Ways of Coping questionnaire.Results: As a result of bullying in children, 45 respondents (66.2%) showed ineffective coping behavior. Hypothesis testing using the Chi-Square test with a confidence level of 95% with the result of a p value of 0.00 (p 0.002), with an OR value of 3.14.Conclusions: The impact on children who get bully behavior in the school environment is related to the emergence of ineffective coping mechanisms for children.