Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (Aug 2024)

The Effect of Empathy Training on Bullying Behavior in Juvenile Prisoners: A Quasi Experiment

  • Hikmat R,
  • Suryani S,
  • Yosep I,
  • Jeharsae R,
  • Pramukti I,
  • Sriati A,
  • Rafiyah I,
  • Purnama H

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 17
pp. 4177 – 4188

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Rohman Hikmat,1 Suryani Suryani,2 Iyus Yosep,2 Rohani Jeharsae,3 Iqbal Pramukti,4 Aat Sriati,2 Imas Rafiyah,2 Heni Purnama5 1Master Program of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Jawa Barat, Indonesia; 2Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Jawa Barat, Indonesia; 3Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, Rusamilae, Pattani, 94000, Thailand; 4Department of Community Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Jawa Barat, Indonesia; 5Department of Mental Health, STIKEP PPNI Jabar, Jawa Barat, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Rohman Hikmat, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jl. Raya Ir. Soekarno KM. 21, Hegarmanah, Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, 45363, Indonesia, Tel +62881023623453, Fax +6202287793411, Email [email protected]: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of empathy training on bullying behavior in juvenile prisoners at the Bandung City Special Development Institute for Children.Methods: This study used a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental design with pre and post-test with control group. The sampling technique used purposive sampling and obtained a sample of 100 respondents (50 intervention group and 50 control group). Empathy training was conducted for 3 months as many as 4 sessions consisting of education, role play, watching movies, and reflection. Data collection used the Indonesian version of the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire. Univariate analysis used mean, min-max, and standard deviation values. Bivariate analysis used Wilcoxon test and Mann–Whitney test.Results: The results showed that in the intervention group, most respondents had high bullying behavior before the intervention (70%) and had low bullying behavior after the intervention (64%). In the control group, most respondents showed a high level of bullying behavior (80%) at pre-test and had high level of bullying behavior (78%) at post-test. The results of the Wilcoxon test showed ap value of < 0.001, indicating that there was a significant effect on reducing bullying behavior in prisoners in LPKA Bandung City after being given empathy training. The results of the Mann–Whitney test showed a value of p< 0.001 which means that there is a difference in the level of bullying behavior between the control and intervention groups.Conclusion: Empathy training is a recommendation for community nurses in Bandung City Special Development Institute for Children to implement community-based nursing interventions in preventing bullying in children and adolescents, especially adolescents in prison.Keywords: bullying, juvenile, empathy training, prisoners

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