Journal of Educational, Health and Community Psychology Vol 9, No 2, 2020 E-ISSN 2460-8467 Widiharto, Suminar, Hendriani. 117 Identification of Victims Response to Bullying Cases: A Study of Javanese Students Chr. Argo Widiharto Bimbingan dan Konseling Department, Universitas PGRI Semarang Doctoral Student, Faculty of Psychology, Airlangga University argowidiharto@upgris.ac.id Dewi Retno Suminar Faculty of Psychology, Airlangga University dewi.suminar@psikologi.unair.ac.id Wiwin Hendriani Faculty of Psychology, Airlangga University wiwin.hendriani@psikologi.unair.ac.id Abstract Bullying is an incident that frequently involves a perpetrator, bystander, and victim. However, victims’ responses to stop bullying, does not always achieve the expected outcome. This is partly because the responses vary significantly, and victims does not explicitly show their intention. The purpose of this research is to identify the types of bullying victims’ responses and identify which among them should be implemented. The sample are Javanese 4 th to 6 th -grade elementary school students who have witnessed bullying. The total sample of 290 students were taken from the elementary schools in Semarang, Yogya, Wonosobo, Pemalang, and Tegal. The dominant victim response is helplessness and there is no difference between cities and classes. Keywords: Identification of responses, victims of bullying, victim responses, Javanese student Received 30 September 2019/Accepted 15 May 2020 ©JEHCP All rights reserved Introduction Bullying problems have long been a concern in theeducation field, both in terms of its effect on perpetrators and victims (Sittichai & Smith, 2015). Bullying is defined as an unpleasant behavior committed by a person or group of people to a weaker party – be it a person or a group–who has no ability to retaliate to physically nor psychological harassment (Olweus, 1996; Wolke, Woods, Stanford, & Schulz, 2001; Smith, Cowie, Olafsson, & Liefooghe, 2002; Cheng, Chen, Ho, & Cheng, 2011). For it to be considered bullying, the so-called unpleasant behavior must be repetitive and harm the victim. Similarly, Rigby (2002) stated that bullying is a behavior that involves the desire or act of hurting others repetitively, which may utilize