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THE PROBLEM
I. Introduction
Bullying is intentional aggressive behavior. It can take the form of physical or verbal
victim or someone who is physically bigger or more aggressive can intimidate someone
Bullying behavior can include teasing, insulting someone (particularly about their
weight or height, race, sexuality, religion or other personal traits), shoving, hitting,
Roland and Idse (2001) have investigated how reactive aggressiveness and two
aggressiveness, are related to being bullied and bullying others. In addition they have also
boys and girls in different grades. Overall, they have found that there was a good
aggressiveness was not a good predictor for bullying behavior. Fandrem et al. (2009)
have also conducted a bullying study in Norwegian schools using the same scales
developed by Roland and Idse. The result showed that proactive power-related
somehow different in strength in gender relation. Thus, although there might be different
results in other studies, Roland and Idse and Fandrem et al. in their studies have
well as between gender and degree of aggressiveness. Roland and Idse (2001) defined
tendency to express negative behavior when one is angry, while proactive aggressiveness
Bullying can cause a victim to feel upset, afraid, ashamed, embarrassed, and anxious
about going to school. It can involve children of any age, including younger elementary
gain power over another person. According to statistics by ABC News (2008), nearly
30% of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home
from school every day because of fear of bullying. In short, bullying has an effect on the
students especially their self-esteem. In The Social Outcast (2005) the authors agree that
bullying can lead to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and susceptibility to illness. As
the Internet and online social networks continue to grow, so does the phenomenon known
as cyber bullying. This type of bullying describes when a child or teenager is harassed,
cyber bullying can be scarring, since it involves threats and humiliation. Mostly, the
school is the place where bullying problems occur. This study showed the relationship of
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bullying behavior and self-esteem of grade seven students of Aura de Laurentus Business
A. Objectives
The study determined the relationship between bullying behavior and self-
B. Research Problems
1.1 Age;
1.2 Gender;
behavior?
C. Hypothesis
bullying behavior.
bullying behavior.
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D. Conceptual Framework
BULLYING
SELF-ESTEEM
Figure 1
Conceptual Framework of the Study
The study aimed to find out the relationship between self-esteem and bullying
behavior. To some extent bullying can lead to a broader context of violence. The present
study, which has addressed particular issues of bullying and self-esteem, enriched the
researcher also took the advantage of this study by using it as a reference for further
investigation on other contexts of bullying. Parents can be aware whether their children
The variables of the study were limited to self-esteem and bullying behavior. It
targeted the grade seven students of ADLBHS who are enrolled in the academic year
2014 2015.
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Figure
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The Business High School is a 4-year program of the Aura de Laurentus Business High
School with the K-12 program that puts special concentration on business subjects using
our high school graduates to manage small scale businesses. The program is such that
after graduation, the student can run his/her own business or be an engineer or professor
Aura de Laurentus Business High School is the first and only secondary school of
Responding to the call for more competent high school graduates, AdLBHS does
not only aim to effectively facilitate learning but also to provide students with theoretical
input and practical output on technical subjects. Part of the school curricula are highly
technical subjects such as entrepreneurship for 7th Grade, business management for 8th
Grade, accounting I for 9th Grade and accounting II for 10th Grade For Junior High
School and two years of Bus Management Subjects for Senior Year High School. Both
The institution believes that learning should not be confined to the four corners of
the classroom. As one educator once mused, Tell them and they will understand: teach
them and they will learn; involve them and they will participate. The technical subjects
Case studies and apprenticeship programs are implemented to aid in the translation
H. Definition of Terms
feelings, needs and rights without regard or respect for the needs, rights and feelings of
others.
event or something with an uncertain outcome. Victims of bullying often experience this.
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harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or group towards one or more
technologies.
Depression. This is more than just sadness. People with depression may experience a
lack of interest and pleasure in daily activities, significant weight loss or gain, insomnia
Self-Esteem. This describe a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. Self-
esteem is often seen as a personality trait, which means that it tends to be stable and
enduring. Self-esteem can involve a variety of beliefs about the self, such as the appraisal
of one's own appearance, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. Self-esteem levels at the
extreme high and low ends of the spectrum can be damaging, so the ideal is to strike a
balance somewhere in the middle. A realistic yet positive view of the self is often