THE RELATIONSHIP OF VERBAL BULLYING TO THE BEHAVIOR AND FORMATION OF CHARACTER OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KUBU RAYA DISTRICT

The purpose of this article is to find out whether there is an influence between verbal bullying on the behavior and character formation of junior high school students in Kubu Raya Regency. The type of research used is a descriptive field as the research method. The data used in this study is primary data collected by distributing questionnaires to respondents. The population in this study is all students of SMPN 1 Kubu. The sampling technique in this study is purposive sampling so that the respondents were obtained from 50 students, namely grade VIII students of SMPN 1 Kubu. The findings of this study are that there are 17 who have been victims of bullying, especially verbal bullying, the student is the target of verbal bullying in the school environment. Verbal bullying occurs when they call them by inappropriate names (not their names), give them harsh criticism without further ado, start spreading bad rumors, and give them nicknames that their friends find offensive. The impact of verbal bullying is that students become more introverted as a result of their fear of being the focus of gossip from their peers if they are too prominent, students become more reserved, feel uncomfortable with their classmates, and lack confidence, especially when involved in school-related activities