THE EFFECT OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA ON THE LEVEL OF ANTI BULLYING KNOWLEDGE AMONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PEKALONGAN REGENCY

Abstract

Bullying is a deviant behavior that often occurs in elementary school environment and can have negative psychological, physical, and social impact. Students’ lack of knowledge about bullying is one of the reasons this action often occurs. This study aims to determine the effect of audio-visual media on the level of anti-bullying knowledge among elementary school children in Pekalongan Distric This type of research is a pre-experiment with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample consisted of 100 student from two elementary schools in Pekalongan Distric. The intervention was health education through audio-visual media. Data collection using questionnaires were analyzed by Wilcoxon statistic test. The results showed a significant increase in the level of knowledge of students after being given health education through audio-visual media (p-value 0.000). the average knowledge increased from before and after the intervention. These findings indicate that audio-visual media can be an effective educational tool for enhancing students’ understanding of bullying and promoting anti-bullying awareness. Elementary schools are encouraged to integrate audio-visual health education into their anti-bullying programs to improve students’ knowledge and awareness. Further research should involve a control group, larger and more diverse samples, and follow-up assessments to evaluate the long-term retention of knowledge and the impact of audio-visual education on students’ actual bullying-related behaviors.