Factors Associated with Cyberbullying among the Youth in Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

The growth of the Internet offers many positive advantages but also presents other aspects which are negative and problematic. For young people, cyberbullying, which has become common in many countries, including Indonesia, is one of the problems entailed by the Internet. This study examined the factors associated with cyberbullying among youth in Jakarta, Indonesia. This quantitative study used questionnaire to collect the responses from 210 participants. All of the participants were Jakarta resident aged 15-24 years old. In order to analyze the data, this study used R program employing several ways of analysis: Pearson Product-moment correlation, multiple linear regression, chi square, and logistic regression. This study analyzed the association between each of nine determinants variable (perceived social support from family, perceived social support from friends, problematic internet use, time spent online, exposure to media violence, exposure to peer violence, exposure to family violence, attitude toward cyberbullying, and self-esteem) and cyberbullying as the outcome variable. It was found that the level of cyberbullying in Jakarta was high (3.63 out of 5), and 40.5% of respondents were fall into "commit cyberbullying" category. After crosschecking the result from different analysis mentioned above, it was found that there were four factors that found significant in association with cyberbullying behavior: perceived social support from friends, exposure of media violence, exposure of family violence, and attitude toward cyberbullying.