Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1111857 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Number of cyber-bullying among the Internet user has been increased. People can post unusual act and words to express their negative feeling in the cyber-world. This may membawa efek emosi tidak nyaman tidak hanya bagi orang yang disasar tetapi juga orang yang membaca. Tindakan cyber-bullying ini mungkin dilakukan oleh orang yang berada pada kondisi tertentu. Therefore this research questioned does any of moral emotions, for example shame, guilt, detached have correlation with cyber- bullying? The purpose of this study is to find out which moral emotions most play role in cyber-bullying among adolescent. A survey had been carried out to collect both emotion morale and cyber-bullying data. Eighty senior high-school students, 41 females and 30 males participated in this study. Data analyzed by using a simple correlation. It was found that shame (mean=34.23) and externalization (mean= 19.72) are higher compare with guilt (mean= 19.71), detached (mean= 19.72), alpha- pride (mean=9.31), and beta-pride (mean= 9.81). All aspects of moral emotions negatively correlated with cyber-bullying. Beta- pride is the lowest (r= .27) while externalization is the highest (r= .48) correlation with cyber-bullying. Therefore, moral emotions plays important role towards cyber-bullying. Each aspect of emotion will be discussed further.