HUBUNGAN INTENSITAS PENGGUNAAN MEDIA SOSIAL DENGAN PERILAKU BULLYING PADA ANAK DI SDN NGABAN KECAMATAN TANGGULANGIN KABUPATEN SIDOARJO

Abstract

Bullying is an aggressive behavior that is not desired by a group of children that involves an imbalance of power that can be observed or felt and occurs repeatedly. Bullying in children today is not a strange thing, even found in everyday life. Bullying that occurs in children can have a negative impact on the stage of development of children as students. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of the intensity of the use of social media with bullying behavior in children in Ngaban Elementary School, Tanggulangin District, Sidoarjo Regency. This research design used correlation analytic with Cross Sectional approach. The population in this study were students in grades IV, V and VI at SDN Ngaban Kec. Tanggulangin District Sidoarjo which had 91 communication devices. The sampling technique used was Purposive Sampling to obtain a sample of 91 people. This research was conducted on 10-21 May 2020. The instrument used in the form of a questionnaire and data analysis using a crosstab test. The results showed there were 46 (85.5%) respondents who used social media in the high category of bullying behavior. This shows that there is a relationship between the intensity of the use of social media with bullying behavior in children, which means the higher the intensity of the use of social media, the higher the bullying behavior that is carried out. High use of social media can cause social media addiction. Addiction to social media can cause depression in children. This depression then leads and develops into aggressive behavior in children.