Perceptions of Bullying Among Students of Junior High School

A study has been conducted on perceptions of bullying among students of Junio High School (SMP) 38 Padang which aims to see how students perceive bullying at Junior High School 38 Padang. This type of research is descriptive qualitative research. which aims to describe the research subject as it is. The results of the study show that perceptions about bullying have been born that are commonplace for perpetrators and are even jokes in everyday life. Based on the interviews that the author conducted, the perpetrators of bullying consider their actions to be just a joke, such as calling a friend a nickname that makes the victim feel embarrassed, have low self-esteem, or depressed, but the victim cannot do much because usually, the students who are the perpetrators of bullying are children who have power over the group. While victims of bullying they receive can be very scarred and leave deep trauma.