Abstract:
Bullying among teenagers is a serious matter across the globe. Incidents of bullying are considered a prevalent and ignored problem throughout the world, especially in the secondary schools which leads students in a range of negative outcomes. Bullying can also be seen in students especially to junior high school students. Thus, this quantitative study aims to determine the relationship between bullying experiences and self-esteem among junior high school students. The study employed a descriptive correlational research design with a total of 227 junior high school respondents who were selected using a stratified and systematic random sampling technique. The study used a survey questionnaire from Moneva et al. (2020). Findings revealed that junior high school students experienced bullying such as hurting the students by trying to break the relationship with friends. This indicate that students get hurt when someone are taking actions to break the bonds they shared with their friends, and results showed that bullying sometimes affects the self-esteem of the students. However, the results showed that there is no positive significant association between bullying experiences to the self-esteem of the junior high school students. The study recommends to the future researchers can undertake similar studies utilizing a qualitative research design to have a thorough understanding about bullying.
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