Pelatihan Teknik Asertivitas untuk Meningkatkan Self-Esteem Korban Bullying

Amalia Hana Firdausi, Maria Goretti Adiyanti
(Submitted 15 January 2018)
(Published 20 April 2016)

Abstract


The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of assertiveness techniques
training to improve bullying victims’ self-esteem. This study was a quasi experiment with
untreated control group with pre-test and double post-test design. The data were
collected by using adaptation instrument of Peer Interactions in Primary School (PIPS)
Questionnaire, assertiveness scale, and self-esteem scale. The subjects were 18 students in
4 th -5 th grade who are indicated as bullying victims and have self-esteem scores categorized
in low to moderate levels (8 students in experimental group and 10 students in control
group). The result of the Mann Whitney U test showed that there was no difference in
self-esteem scores between the experimental and control group during the pretest (p >
0.05). After being treated, the differences in self-esteem scores were significant with Z = -
3.113; p = 0.002 (p < 0,01) between the experimental group and control group, in which the
mean score of self-esteem in the experimental group was higher than the control group

Keywords


assertiveness; bullying; bullying victims; self-esteem

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DOI: 10.22146/gamajpp.32313

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