Program Empathy Character Building untuk Menurunkan Perilaku Bullying pada Siswa SMP Inklusi

Abstract

Bullying that frequently occurs in schools has negative impacts on students. Several intervention programs have been applied to reduce bullying. Empathy Character Building Program is a learning process to manage the empathy character of students to reduce their bullying behavior. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Empathy Character Building Program to reduce bullying on students in grade seven. The participants were 18 seventh graders of an inclusive junior high school. Pretest-posttest experimental group design was applied in this study. The results show that there is a significant effect of Empathy Character Building Program on the decrease of bullying behavior among grade seven students in an inclusive junior high school.