School Climate, Emotional Intelligence, and Cyberbullying Intentions of Adolescents

Abstract

Adolescents as social media users have not been able to sort out positive activities on social media and tend to have a negative impact that causes cyberbullying behavior. A research of Ministry of Communication and Informatics of UNICEF showed the high percentage of children victims of cyberbullying. An Intensity is related to cyberbullying behavior. The cyberbullying is influenced by external and internal factors. One of internal factors that influences cyberbullying is emotional intelligence. Adolescents who have high emotional intelligence will control their primitive impulses, understand their feelings and be able to avoid negative behavior. In addition, external factor is a school climate. A healthy school climate will create positive emotional attachment to one another and interpersonal responsibilities so that school rules will be a guidance that is applied consistently for school members. The objectives of this study were to find out the description of adolescents' school climate in Semarang City, to find out the description of adolescents' emotional intelligence in Semarang City, to find out the correlation between emotional intelligence and cyberbullying behavior of adolescents in Semarang City.