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Correspondence:
Mumtaz Azoma
Faculty of Psychology, University of Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Email: mumtaz20001@mail.unpad.ac.id
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instrument has gone through the translation a position on the role) based on bullying
stage by linguists. The character name perpetrators and victims.
change in the scenario in the instrument has
been adapted to the Indonesian name Acknowledgement
context. Each participant identified the
The questionnaire comprises two characteristics of the roles involved in social
scenarios, and each respondent was situations in this theme. Participants
requested to answer related to their revealed the results of identifying the
different roles, i.e., as perpetrators and characteristics of bullying victims as loners.
victims of bullying. After filling out the Loner is the condition of someone who is
questionnaire, interviews were conducted reluctant and avoids interaction with other
to explore the respondents' understanding people.
when providing answers for each role. All “A loner, doesn’t like to socialize or
data were collected individually. Audio data talk to people. Hates to have a
from interviews were transcribed into conversation.” (P2)
verbatim data and analyzed thematically Also, participants identified bullying
(Nowell et al., 2017). victims as individuals with low self-
confidence and difficulty in communicating
RESEARCH RESULTS assertively.
Before the interview process, the “Has no confidence or doesn’t dare to
researcher asked questions to determine talk. Has no self-worth when bullyed
the participants' understanding of by their friends.” (P4)
viewpoint and bullying behavior. The six Meanwhile, according to the
participants defined viewpoint as the participant, the characteristic identification
understanding process of the condition in of the bully is a conforming individual.
the form of thoughts and feelings of others Conformity here is a person influenced by
or interpreted as behavior in positioning the surrounding environment.
oneself in the position of others. Moreover, “Sari…mmm she likes to follow the
participants also explained their surrounding. When she befriends a
understanding of bullying behavior. Each group, she’s not getting along well
participant explained that bullying behavior with other kids.” (P1)
is a form of behavior that can harm others
since it negatively impacts others. Based on Articulation
the results of the explanation of definitions Four participants could identify their
related to the viewpoint and bullying thoughts on the roles in the social scenarios
behavior by the participants, the six for both bullying perpetrators and victims.
participants understood the terms that “Because Andi feels that Lani doesn’t
would be used in this study to facilitate them fit into their group and they have to
answering the questions and questionnaires ditch Lani. Lani is also shy and has
given. difficulty communicating. That’s why
The study results are described based she is bullyed by the others.” (P1)
on 3 (three) themes of perspective-taking “Her friends probably don’t like
social skills: acknowledgment (role Cantika. Either Cantika’s appearance or
identification), articulation (the act of attitudes. That’s why she’s being
understanding the thoughts and feelings of picked on.” (P2)
the role), and positioning (the act of placing
behavior of the victim increase the intensity children can realize that other people and
of the perpetrator to bully (Hardhiyanti et themselves can see each other
al., 2020). simultaneously as subjects (Santrock, 2019).
The participants considered the Children can understand others' viewpoints,
victim's thoughts as perceiving themself to and other people can also understand their
be disliked by the perpetrator. On the other viewpoints. At level 4, it takes place in
hand, the perpetrator perceives the victim children aged 12 to adults. This level is
as an individual who is mismatched with referred to as social and conventional
each other to make friends, such as being system perspective-taking. Individuals at
shy and having difficulty communicating this stage are aware that perspective-taking
with tastes considered strange by others. can be influenced by social and conventional
The victim's attitude of being non-assertive, systems (Santrock, 2019). Children can
not confident, weak, and rejected by his understand others' viewpoints, and other
peers are factors of being a bullying victim people can also understand their
(Menesini & Salmivalli, 2017). Assertiveness viewpoints. At level 4, it takes place in
can intimidate the perpetrator. Perpetrators children aged 12 to adults. This level is
realize that the victim has power and fights referred to as social and conventional
back to avoid bullying behavior (Ainiyah & system perspective-taking. Individuals at
Cahyanti, 2020). this stage are aware that perspective-taking
This study also discovered that can be influenced by social and conventional
participants understood the perspectives of system.
victims and bullies when they were in these The perspective-taking ability at this
situations. Participants agreed that stage of adolescence will further develop
preventing bullying behavior requires both along with the growth period from
the victim and classmates to try to unite in adolescence to early adulthood (Ayu et al.,
fighting this behavior. It follows another 2017). Diazgranados et al. (2016) stated that,
study showing that support from classmates in their growth period, children have many
can protect victims and reduce the intensity opportunities to interact with other people
of perpetrators bullying victims. Classmates in a wide range of social situations and
act as bystanders to maintain social norms experiences. Indirectly, their social
to be able to support bulying victims perspective-taking skills will develop,
(Hellström & Lundberg, 2020). starting from their understanding of social
The findings revealed that life that is indifferent and egocentric to
participants demonstrated perspective- becoming more complex and able to
taking abilities in these three aspects. understand various viewpoints. Participants
However, in the articulation aspect, demonstrated that their perspective-taking
participants only demonstrated thoughts of abilities are quite developed, as seen from
perpetrators and victims without showing their ability to identify characteristics and try
the results of identifying the feelings of the to place themselves from the perspective of
two. According to the stages of perspective- the perpetrator and the victim. However,
taking development (Ayu et al., 2017), the participants failed to identify feelings for
perspective-taking skills will develop with the victim and the perpetrator.
age. The description of perspective-taking Perspective-taking abilities are social
or social role-taking abilities is divided by age skills required by adolescents. With optimal
category. The age of 10-15 is the third level, development of perspective-taking abilities,
i.e., mutual perspective-taking. At this stage, adolescents will be able to create a positive