Bullying Behavior and Its Consequences at the TPI Purbasinomba Islamic Boarding School, North Padang Lawas

Abstract

The background of this research problem is that at the TPI Purbasinomba Islamic Boarding School, bullying behavior was found among female students. The things I found included physical ridicule and learning abilities. One of the bullying behaviors I found was a female student who was teased because she had dark or unkempt skin and her behavior was childish and she was yelled at without any reason. The Islamic boarding school is seen as an ideal environment for fostering empathy, discipline, and prosocial behavior through habituation, role models, and strong social control. However, the reality in the field shows a gap between the concept and reality, where forms of bullying are still found such as teasing, teasing, and other aggressive verbal actions at the TPI Purbasinomba Islamic Boarding School. This type of research is qualitative research. The method in this research uses a descriptive method, namely describing an existence to draw a conclusion. The results of the research show that the bullying behavior that occurs among female students at the TPI Purbasinomba Islamic Boarding School, North Padang Lawas consists of verbal bullying and physical bullying. Verbal bullying takes the form of teasing, giving bad nicknames, and calling parents names, while physical bullying takes the form of pushing, pulling headscarves, and hitting friends. Factors causing bullying are influenced by the religious environment, the lack of awareness of female students towards the impact of bullying, and the assumption that such behavior is just a joke. The effects of bullying on victims are the emergence of fear, sadness, lack of self-confidence, and disruption of the learning process and social relationships. The efforts made by the Islamic boarding school in handling bullying include conducting anti-bullying socialization programs, providing advice and appeals, increasing supervision, and conducting Islamic character development.