Kurniawan Dwi Madyo Utomo, Fattah Hanurawan, Muslihati, M. Ramli
This research examined the relationship between traditional bullying and cyberbullying in adolescents based on the roles of cognitive and affective empathy among 975 Indonesian high school students. The data was analysed using an independent samples t-test, the Pearson product-moment test and multiple linear regression. The findings revealed that males are more likely to be involved in both traditional bullying and cyberbullying than females, and that the level of cognitive and affective empathy of males was lower than that of females. Bullying was negatively correlated with cognitive and affective empathy, while cyberbullying was negatively correlated with affective empathy. In addition, affective empathy significantly predicted traditional bullying; with each single unit increase in traditional bullying, affective empathy decreased by.357. Affective empathy also predicted cyberbullying; with each single unit increase in cyberbullying, affective empathy decreased by.028. The results emphasised the importance of considering affective empathy when designing intervention programs for the prevention of bullying. © 2020 Primrose Hall Publishing Group.
Department of Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang 5, Malang, 65145, Indonesia; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang 5, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
