Open AccessThe correlation between bullying and students learning achievement in SMP Negeri 6 Kota Gorontalo
Author(s) -
Rhein Djunaid,
Eka Pratiwi Puluhulawa,
Muh Nur Syukriani Yusuf
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian community health nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-8629
pISSN - 2654-2900
DOI - 10.29253/achnr.2019.1539
Subject(s) - psychology , respondent , simple random sample , mathematics education , population , social psychology , positive correlation , developmental psychology , demography , medicine , sociology , political science , law
Objective: Bullying occurred in a school environment is a desire to hurt showed through action that causes other students to suffer and usually done directly by a stronger student or a group of students with pleasure, and repeatedly thus it affects the victim 's life, social behavior, and learning achievement. The study aims at investigating the correlation between bullying and students' learning achievement in SMP Negeri 6 Kota Gorontalo .Methods: It is an analytical study with cross-sectional study approach. The population is all students of the class of VIII that have signed the informed consent and attend during questionnaire filling. Samples are 183 students selected through simple random sampling. Results : Findings reveal that 68 respondents experience bullying and 115 respondent s do not experience bullying. 22 respondents have low learning achievement, and 161 respondents have good learning achievement. There is a correlation between bullying and students ' learning achievement in SMP Negeri 6 Kota Gorontalo with a probability value of 0.000 {p<0.05). Conclusion: it is expected that the school can improve the understanding related to bullying phenomena and concern to the bullying activity that occurs in a school environment.