Enhancement Plan to Remedy the Effects of Bullying to Grade 9 Students’ Behavior in Gov. Feliciano Leviste Memorial National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study was conducted to determine the extent of bullying experiences of Grade 9 students and its effects on their behavior in the school since bullying is one of the biggest problems encountered in schools nowadays. Some of the students get bullied by their classmates in classrooms. This study aims to provide students and teachers guides to help students address the effects of bullying.

METHODS

The researcher used the Descriptive Method of research and the questionnaire as the main data-gathering instrument. The study involved 15 student-respondents.RESULTSResults reveal that the student-respondents sometimes experienced bullying as evidenced by the average weighted mean of 1.83 as assessed by the students themselves. Being teased or called by different names such as “fatty,” “pig,” “teacher's pet,” and the like were often experienced by them as revealed by the highest weighted mean of 3.4. However, they seldom experience being threatened. The average weighted mean of 3.66 showed that the bullying cases affected the students' behavior at school to a great extent as assessed by the teachers and students as indicated by the mean rating of 3.58, respectively.

DISCUSSIONS

The study endeavored to determine the extent of bullying incidents experienced by the students and assess the effects of bullying in the behavior of Grade 9 students in Gov. Feliciano Leviste Memorial National High School during school year 2017-2018. With this, the action plan made must be taken into consideration to make a difference in the behavior of the students.