Pengaruh Loneliness terhadap Perilaku Cyberbullying pada Mahasiswa Jawa Barat
Authors: Latisha Haifa Putri  , Kusdiyati Suliswoo 
Published: February 2023

Abstract. Technology continues to develop makes humans easier to do their activities, especially with the emergence of the internet which makes humans have other lives in cyberspace. Bullying is known rampant in Indonesia and West Java is known have a high level of bullying. However, along with the development of technology, bullying does not only occur directly but also occurs online or commonly known as cyberbullying. Loneliness known as a one of the predictors of cyberbullying, but there are other studies which state that loneliness is not correlated with cyberbullying. College student are in early adulthood phase which is known to be vulnerable to loneliness. This study aims to determine the effect of loneliness on the cyberbullying of west java college students. The method in this study uses causality method. The measuring instruments used are Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale Short Version (SELSA-S) by DiTommaso and Cyberbullying and Online Aggression Survey by Hinduja and Patchin. The respondents were 120 college students in west java. The study used a purposive sampling technique and the analytical technique used a multiple regression. The results showed that family loneliness subscale had a positive and significant effect on cyberbullying (p< .05; β= .358). the contribution of loneliness to cyberbullying is 17.2% (R2= .172), it means the cyberbullying variable can be explained by loneliness variable by 17.2%
Keywords: College student, Cyberbullying, Loneliness
Abstrak. Teknologi yang terus berkembang memudahkan manusia dalam beraktifitas, terutama dengan kemunculan internet yang membuat manusia memiliki kehidupan lain di dunia maya. Bullying diketahui marak terjadi di Indonesia dan Jawa Barat diketahui memiliki tingkat bullying yang tinggi. Namun seiring dengan perkembangan teknologi perilaku bullying ini tidak hanya terjadi secara langsung melainkan terjadi juga secara online atau yang biasa disebut dengan cyberbullying. Salah satu faktor prediktor perilaku cyberbullying ialah loneliness, namun terdapat penelitian lain yang menyatakan bahwa loneliness tidak berkorelasi dengan cyberbullying. Mahasiswa termasuk kedalam fase dewasa awal dan pada fase ini individu diketahui rentan mengalami loneliness. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh lonelinessterhadap perilaku cyberbullying pada mahasiswa di Jawa Barat. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kausalitas. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale Short Version (SELSA-S) yang dikembangkan oleh DiTommaso dan Cyberbullying and Online Aggression Survey Instrument yang dikembangkan oleh Hinduja dan Patchin. Penelitian dilakukan kepada 120 Mahasiswa di Jawa barat dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis uji regresi berganda, dan didapatkan hasil family loneliness subscale berkontribusi positif dan signifikan terhadap cyberbullying (p< .05; β= .358). Kontribusi loneliness terhadap cyberbullying sebesar 17.2% (R2= .172), artinya cyberbullying dapat dijelaskan oleh variabel loneliness sebesar 17.2%
Kata Kunci: Kesepian, Mahasiswa, Perundungan Siber