The Relationship between Digital Empathy and Bystander Behavior in Youth in Kupang City
Hubungan antara Digital Empati dengan Perilaku Bystander pada Remaja Kota Kupang
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Yustus D.P.S Babys(1*)
Prodi Psikologi, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Nusa Cendana
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
Abstract. Communication in social media among teenagers is often found to be a process of
cyberbullying and the emergence of bystander behavior . Bystander behavior is divided into three
aspects, namely; passive Outsider , Defender of the cybervictim , and Reinforcer of the cyberbully .
These three aspects can appear in someone depending on their digital empathy when they
encounter a cyberbullying process . The aim of this study was to determine the relationship
between digital empathy and bystander behavior ( passive outsider , defender of the cybervictim ,
and reinforcer of the cyberbully ) in young people in Kupang City. The respondents in this
study were 374 young people from Kupang City, who used social media in their
communication and were aged between 18-24 years. This study uses correlation analysis.
The results showed that there was a coefficient relationship between digital empathy and
bystander behavior ( Defender of the cybervictim ) of 0.230 and a significant value of p = 0.001 (p
> 0.001).
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