Abstract
ABSTRACTIntroduction: The biggest users of the internet and social media are teenagers. This has an impact on the tendency for harassment behavior known as cyber-bullying. This harassment is quite serious because it is massive; it can happen at any time and anywhere. This harassment generally comes from the victim’s peers. This research aimed to analyze the correlation between peer emotional support and the cyber-bullying behavior among the students in senior high school.Methods: This research used a cross-sectional study design. The sample size of this study was 246 students in senior high school from the academic year 2018-2019 collected through purposive sampling. The instrument of this research was emotional support from their peers and cyberbullying behavior. The bivariate analysis used was the Spearman test (α<0.05; CI=95%).Results: There is a significant correlation between emotional peer support and cyberbullying behavior among the students in senior high school.Conclusion: Community health nurses should improve the emotional peer support among the students in order to promote the prevention of cyberbullying behavior.
Highlights
The biggest users of the internet and social media are teenagers
There is a significant correlation between emotional peer support and cyberbullying behavior among the students in senior high school
Community health nurses should improve the emotional peer support among the students in order to promote the prevention of cyberbullying behavior
Summary
The biggest users of the internet and social media are teenagers This has an impact on the tendency for harassment behavior known as cyberbullying. One of the characteristics of the development of high school-aged adolescents is that they need friends, that they are eager to try everything that is not yet known to them and they have a desire to explore their natural surroundings (Putro, 2017) This has an impact on their use of the internet and social media, which is high in the adolescent age group. Cyberbullying is a mischievous behavior that is usually done by individuals or groups intentionally and repetitively on purpose to harm others using computers, phones, and other electronic devices This behavior has so far been considered safe because adults do not recognize when the behavior occurs. The user of the internet is not limited because all circles can access it quickly and they are free to do anything (Bauman, Toomey, & Walker, 2013)
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