Students’ Bullying Experiences at University Level

Abstract

Bullying in the context of the university is crucial to be studied as the impact of bullying on students’ well-being. This paper focuses on the issue of bullying at one university in Jakarta, Indonesia. Using an exploratory study, 305 students responded to the close and open-ended questionnaire. The sample was recruited using cluster random sampling technique. Data were analyzed by the frequency of distribution to describe the extent to which bullying exists in university context. The finding showed that 19.34% participants have experienced as the bullying victim, 58,36% as bystanders and 16.72 % as the bully. Direct and verbal bullying is the most frequently used of bullying. The bullying occurred when the students were gathering with their group (57,14%). Most of the victims of bullying preferred to stay passive and did nothing to ask for help stopping bullying. The percentage of bullying victim in this study was higher than those reported in other existing studies. This finding indicated that bullying in higher education remain an issue. This study implied that the university should stipulate a regulation to to stop bullying as it can adversely affect one’s well being in the longterm.