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ABSTRACT
Introduction: One of negative behavior of students to their peers which can be commonly
found in the school environment is cyberbullying. Of many factors which possibly influence
such behavior to occur is emotional support from their peers. The study aimed to investigate
relationship between emotional support from peers with cyberbullying behavior of students in
Senior High School 3 Jember.
Method: The samples of 246 students from the tenth and eleventh grade students of Senior
High School 3 Jember in the academic year 2018-2019. The study used analytic observational
design of the cross-sectional approach, which also used probability sampling technique. To
collect the data, the study used instruments questionnaire of emotional support from peers,
resulting in reliability score of 0,837 and a questionnaire of cyberbullying behavior, which
scored 0,849 for the reliability Test. Both of the questionnaires have been validated and
considered reliable, thus were used to gather the data. Commented [A1]: Data analyze ?
Results: A statistics test used for analyzing the data Spearman, and it was found that the Commented [A2]: Move to method
relationship of the two variables was marked by the p value 0.001 and coeffiencent correlation
of -0.228. Commented [A3]: Please writedown the result of
Conclusions: Therefore, it known that there correlation between the emotional support from univariate variable, dan scoring
peers with cyberbullying behavior; the more the cyberbullying behavior, the lower the Commented [A4]: Result?
emotional support from peer. From this finding, it is expected that students of Senior High Commented [A5]: A to B systematic : independent to
School 3 Jember maintain their support for each other, especially by supporting emotionally to dependent
reduce negative behaviors occuring in students.
KEYWORDS
Cyberbullying, Peer Emotional Support, High School Students Commented [A6]: Check aligment right or center?
RESULTS
A number of respondent characteristics was applied in the present study, which includes age,
gender, class, parent’s occupation, parent’s educational experiences, height, and weight. In Based on
Table 1, the frequency distribution of gender obtained from 246 respondents yields that the female Commented [A15]: Please describe only important,
respondents outnumbered the male, with the total students of 184 (74.8%) respondents. Meanwhile, the unique, anomaly data. (majority, specific)
distribution of respondent’s class in the tenth (X) grade and the eleventh (XI) grade is equal; the X grade
consisted of 125 students (50.8%) and the XI grade consisted of 121 students (49.2%). The score of the
most parent’s occupation was that of the private workers, occupied by parents from 73 students (29.7%).
The second most was entrepreneurs, civil workers, and others, and the least was unemployment.
Furthermore, the characteristic of parent’s education which received the most distribution was senior
high school, as resulted from response from 159 students (64.6%). Based on the distribution of height
obtained from 246 respondents, most students or as many as 117 students, were 151 to 160 cm tall, while
the least distribution was that from only 25 students with 171 to 180 cm tall (10.2%). The distribution
result from body mass index (BMI) from 246 respondents shows that most students or 112 respondents
(45.5%) were at the normal body weight, and only small amount of respondents 3 respondents (1.2%)
were found obese.
In Table 2, it can be observed that from 246 respondents, the male respondents were the most Commented [A16]: Please describe only important,
bullies, or as many as 9 students (14.6%). Additionally, based on the respondent’s class, the unique, anomaly data. (majority, specific)
cyberbullying behavior has mostly occurred in the XI grade; 14 (11.6%) students were identified as
bullies, 23 (19%) were found as victims, and 16 (13.2%) students were identified as bullies as well as
victims. The table also informs us that most of the parent’s occupation from the cyberbullying incident
was the private workers, 6 (8.2%) were bullies, 9 (12.3%) were victims, and 12 (16.5%) were bullies
and victims. It was also found that the cyberbullying incidents very little occur to respondents whose
parents did not go to school / or graduated only from the Elementary education; none (0%) of the
respondents were bullies or bullies and victims of bullying, and only 1 (25%) respondent was identified
as victim. From the most height, 151-160 cm, that was obtained from 117 (47.6%) respondents, 10
(8.5%) were found as bullies, 17 (14.5%) confessed as victims, and 74 (63.2%) respondents were
identified as both bullies and victims. Finally, from the BMI score, which least score was for the
overweight students, it was found that 0 respondent was regarded as bullies, and 1 (33.3%) confessed
as both bullies and victims.
Table 3, on the other hand, explains that students of senior high school 3 Jember who became
the research respondents preferred receiving emotional support from peers (responded by 195 students
or 79.3%). To this, the indicator of emotional support from peers which was considered the most
influential one was encouragement toward the person because most respondents give the highest to this
indicator than to the other indicators.
Additionally, it was known from Table 4 that from 246 respondents, most of them or 158
(64.2%) respondents, did not become bullies and victims, and about the rest of them (35.8%) were
bullies, victims, and both.
Finally, Table 5 shows that the Spearman test resulted in the relationship between the variable
of emotional support from peers and the variable of cyberbullying behavior, with the p value of 0.001
and the correlation value was -0.228; in other words, the correlation of the two variables was classified
as low. The negative correlation implies that the more cyberbullying behavior done, the lower the
emotional support from peers, and the lesser the cyberbullying behavior done, the higher the emotional
support given by peers. Commented [A17]: Combine table 3, 4, 5 in 1 table cross
tabulation of emotional support, cyberbullying behavior,
DISCUSSION and Spearman analyze result
As found in the present study to 246 respondents at senior high school 3 Jember, the number of Commented [A18]: Please make the discussion in crically
both bullies and victims of cyberbullying is quite high. The cyberbullying is commonly done because based on background +characteristic of respondent,
of dislike of a person to another which cannot be directly expressed or uttered in the real life, therefore dominance parameter of each variable
the social media or online platforms are preferred (Budiarti, 2016). Teenagers who are active users of
social media are more prone to cyberbullying behavior, opening chances for them to become either
bullies or victims of cyberbullying (Mesch, 2009).
A previous study conducted by (Febrianti & Hartana, 2014) obtained that female are, in fact,
more involved in cyberbullying than male. The findings of the study do not conform to findings of the
present study, that more male students are involved in cyberbullying. Cyberbullying usually happens to
people or victims who have different appearance, for example, they are smaller in body size or they
seem to weigh more (even overweight) than others(Rahayu, 2012). Teenagers with bigger or thinner
body than their peers tend to be less accepted among their friends, compared to those with (considered)
normal body size (Kustanti, 2015).
Emotional support is very crucial because victims of cyberbullying will feel comfort and loved
by others, especially their friends (Sundari, 2015). The high and low of emotional support given by peers
to teens are most likely influenced by several factors, among others are the receiver of the support, and
the support provider. The former can be influential if the receiver of support does not like to socialize
and get along, is not motivated to help others, not want others to know that she or he needs help. The
second factor can be influential because teenagers will not likely support their friends emotionally if
they seem to have nothing (no resource) to help others, or they are struggling with their own depression,
or they are not sensitive to the surrounding, making them not aware if their friends need their support
(Pragwati, 2014). The ability of adolescents to get emotional support can help in overcoming problems
that are being faced, so that teens are not dissolved in the sadness that is being experienced (Ristianti,
2008).
It is implied in the findings of the present study that there is a correlation between the emotional
support from peers and the cyberbullying behavior to teenagers. It was known that the more the Commented [A19]: Please improve author opinion
cyberbullying behavior done, the lesser the emotional support given by peers. Groups of teenagers have related to the results
a relationship with the cyberbullying behavior to other teenagers. Worse interaction among peers may
trigger to cyberbullying (Hinduja & Patchin, n.d.). Moreover, peers can play the role as the media to
inform about the social norm or agreement what is allowed and not allowed to be done by teens.
Therefore, teenagers are prone to be involved about in cyberbullying because they believe that their
negative behavior are confirmed and supported by their friends. In other words, peers are an important
element in how teenagers behave (Budiarti, 2016).
CONCLUSIONS
According to the findings of the study and discussion in the previous section, it can be concluded
that there is a relationship between the emotional support from peers and the cyberbullying behavior
with the p-value of 0.001 and the correlation coefficient (r) of -0.228. The result implies that the more
the cyberbullying, the lesser the emotional support given by peers. Commented [A20]: Indication of the results without
Prospective studies can focus more on cyberbullying by taking into account other factors other number , recommendation for students, and next study to
than emotional support from peers, such as parent’s role and groups of peers towards cyberbullying.. continue
Table 5. Analysis of Relationships with Peer Emotional Support with Cyberbullying Behavior in
Students at senior high school 3 Jember
Peer Emotional Support
Cyberbullying Behavior r = -0,228
p = 0,001
n = 246