Kecenderungan Remaja menjadi Pelaku Perundungan-Siber: Kontribusi Harga Diri dan Kesepian

Abstract

This study aimed to empirically test the tendency to be cyber-bullies in adolescents predicted by self-esteem and loneliness. The method used in this study is quantitative method. Research participants were adolescents with an age between 12 – 17 years, using communication devices connected to the internet and claimed to have mocked or insulted other through social network sites. There were 646 participants involved in this study. The data collection in this study used two methods, that were the list of content and scales. The scale used were the scale of tendency of being a cyber-bullies, adolecents self-esteem scale and adolescents loneliness scale. The reseach instrument was analyzed with content validity and realibility of Cronbach alpha ( =0,88, =0,90 =0,88). Data analysis used multiple regression analysis technique. The results showed that self-esteem and loneliness significantly can predicted the tendency of being a cyber-bullies in adolescents. The tendency to be a cyber-bullies was predicted by self-esteem and loneliness of 3.3%.

Adolescents’ Involvement in Cyberbullying: The Importance of Peer Social Interaction

“…These results are caused by several factors that can influence adolescents to conduct cyberbullying behavior so that cyberbullying perpetrators perform repetitive actions in a relatively low frequency that is 1 to 4 times. The results of the study conducted by Ragasukmasuci and Adiyanti [13] with 646 respondents received the highest number of respondents where 604 respondents (93.5%) are in the low category. This is because adolescents are engaged in jokes which are still identified as a cyberbullying action such as teasing friends as a joke, exclusion, and ridicule.…”

“…The research conducted by Ragasukmasuci and Adiyanti [13] obtained the results of respondents' activeness in using the internet with a duration of 3-6 hours / day are as many as 184 people (28.5%), and a duration of 1-3 hours / day as many as 160 people (24.8%) which indicate the longer the duration of internet usage the higher the cyberbullying behavior.…”

“…Social interaction with peers allows teens to express their feelings, strengthen friendships, get to know each other better, and get peer support, so that with peer support, adolescents are also associated with a decrease in the possibility of involvement in direct bullying or indirect bullying or cyberbullying [13].…”

Perundungan Pada Remaja Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

“…Selain itu, faktor lain yang menyebabkan terjadinya perundungan adalah tingginya harga diri pada remaja. Menurut penelitian yang dilakukan Melotti dan Brighi pada 2012, remaja yang memiliki harga diri yang sedang ke tinggi dan di lingkungan pertemananny a berpandangan bahwa di antara teman-temanny a memilki harga diri yang tinggi bisa berpotensi menjadi pelaku perundungan (dalam Ragasukmasuci & Adiyanti, 2019). Hal tersebut sejalan dengan penelitian yang dilakukan Reginasari (2017), menurut hasil penelitiannya mayoritas dari partisipan penelitiannya yakni 82,6% merupakan kelompok harga diri tinggi yang cenderung berisiko menjadi pelaku perundungan pada tingkat tinggi.…”

“…Hal tersebut sejalan dengan penelitian yang dilakukan Reginasari (2017), menurut hasil penelitiannya mayoritas dari partisipan penelitiannya yakni 82,6% merupakan kelompok harga diri tinggi yang cenderung berisiko menjadi pelaku perundungan pada tingkat tinggi. Perundungan pada remaja tersebut dilakukan untuk mendapat perhatian dan pengakuan dari teman sebayanya yang mendukung tindakan perundungan tersebut (dalam Ragasukmasuci & Adiyanti, 2019).…”