available online at: http://journal.jptranstech.or.id/index.php/ACHNR Asian Community Health Nursing Research Asian Comm. Health Nurs. Res. 2019, 1(1), 47–54 Copyright© 2019 by the authors. Submitted for possible open access publication under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. ACHNR Description of Bullying Behavior in SMPN 2 Students, Tarogong Kidul Kabupaten Garut Ahmad Yamin, Iwan Shalahudin, Udin Rosidin and Irman Somantri Faculty of Nursing Universitas Padjadjaran *Correspondence: ahmad.yamin@unpad.ac.id Type of the Paper (Article) Received: February 2, 2019; Accepted: February 2, 2019; Published: February 11, 2019 https://doi.org/10.29253/achnr.2019.14715 Abstract: Bullying behavior from time to time continues to be a thing that haunts Indonesian children. Bullying cases are rampant at the age of children and mostly occur in the school environment. Cases of bullying in Indonesia often occur in educational institutions. This study aimed to identify the behavior of bullying both perpetrators and victims of abuse (bully) on students of SMPN 2 Tarogong Kidul District, Garut Regency. The research method was a descriptive quantitative study. The number of samples of 249 students was taken by proportional systematic random sampling of students in grades 7 and 8. The instrument for collecting data used an inventory questionnaire from CDC. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The results of the study were 17.7 % of students had been bullied every day, verbal bullying was 76.7%, relational 51% and physical 61.4%. The impact of bully felt by the students: 33% felt sad, 26% hurt. The reason for bullying was 17.67% considered it a coward. 65.1% of the students had experienced cyberbullying. These results are expected to be input for the school in the form of counseling for bully victims and sanctions for bully perpetrators, as well as efforts to prevent bullying behavior in the form of familiarizing mutual respect, anti-bullying culture. Keywords: bullying; victims; bully offenders; students 1. Introduction Bullying behavior from time to time continues to be a thing that haunts Indonesian children. Bullying cases are rampant at the age of children and mostly occur in the school environment. The cases of bullying that are often encountered are cases of seniority or the intimidation of more senior students towards their younger siblings both physically and non-physically. Bullying can change activities at school that is initially fun, learning with friends, scary and even nightmares and bringing unpleasant tastes to impressions school life. The survey conducted by Latitude News in 40 countries shows that Indonesia ranks second in five countries with the highest bullying cases. The five countries with the highest bullying cases were in the first position occupied by Japan, then Indonesia, Canada, the United States, and Finland. Cases of bullying in Indonesia often occur in educational institutions. This is evidenced by data from the National Commission for Child Protection, in 2011 being the year with the highest rate of bullying cases in the school environment, namely 339 cases of violence and 82 of them died (Dwi, 2011). The rise of bullying cases in schools has become a global problem, not only a problem in Indonesia but also in developed countries such as the United States and Japan. But this case still lacks attention