Are Personality Types Related to Cyberbullying Behavior Trends in Adolescents?

Abstract

Adolescent growth and development is influenced by 2 factors, namely internal and external factors. Internal factors are factors that influence the fulfillment of developmental tasks originating from within the individual, both physical and psychological, while external factors are factors that influence the fulfillment of developmental tasks originating from outside the individual self. There are several examples of external factors, namely biological and physical environment, psychosocial and depression, family and cultural factors, and economic factors. Psychosocial factors involve psychological and social aspects. The social aspect can be done without having to face to face directly or can be done online using social media. the freedom of a person to use social media causes various abuses of social media, for example cyberbullying. Cyberbullying in adolescents is influenced by several factors, namely personality type, perception of the victim, the role of parent and child interaction. The research aims to determine the relationship of personality types with the tendency of cyberbullying behavior in adolescents. The study was conducted on 10th grade high school teenagers in Malang. The sample was 126 students with a purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using Eysenck Personality Questionare and cyberbullying instruments. Data were analyzed using Chi Square test. There is no significant relationship between personality types and the tendency of cyberbullying behavior in 10th grade teenagers in Malang with Asymp. Sig 0.128 or p-value> 𝞪 (0.05).

relationship between personality type and self-control with cyberbullying behavior in adolescents

“…Personality type reflects the individual's personality in feelings, behaviour, way of speaking, and one's way of thinking and becomes a skill in adapting to the environment (Framanta, 2020). Based on the research results (Saragih et al, 2020), students with an introverted personality type have a higher risk of cyberbullying behaviour than students with an extroverted personality type. Moreover, it was stated that social media tend to be used as an outlet (Syafira, 2021).…”

“…The results of other studies conducted by Saragih, Windarwati, and Merdikawati (2020) also explain that personality type has no relationship with cyberbullying behaviour because extrovert and introvert personality types have each other's dominant character (Saragih et al, 2020). Furthermore, following their developmental tasks, adolescents with an extrovert and introvert personality types experience the process of searching for identity so that adolescents do more activities with peers and experience an increase in interpersonal relationships, one of which is being a social media user having more than one social media account.…”

Cyberbulllying pada Remaja Ditinjau dari Berbagai Tipe Kepribadian

“…Menurut Patchin dan Hinduja dalam (Saragih et al, 2020), cyberbullying dapat dipengaruhi oleh perasaan penghargaan diri pelaku yang rendah. Menurut Disa dalam (Saragih et al, 2020) tipe kepribadian, persepsi terhadap korban, serta interaksi antara orangtua dan anak dapat menjadi faktor -faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku cyberbullying. Tipe kepribadian adalah bagian penting yang menjadi ciri khas individu yang menjadi pembeda dengan individu yang lain (Hall et al, 1970).…”