ART THERAPY TO REDUCE ANXIETY IN ADOLESCENTS WHO BECOME VICTIMS OF BULLYING

ABSTRACT:.Bullying still occurs in many schools today. Kinds of bullying acts, such as insulting, beating,ostracizing, kicking, slandering, and destroying objects, often occur in schools and have impacts on the victims;one of which is the psychological impact of anxiety. Anxiety can cause physical, emotional, and behavioralcomplaints. This research aimed to discover the effectiveness of art therapy to reduce anxiety in adolescentvictims of bullying. This research used the experimental method with the pretest-posttest one-category researchdesign, along with the purposive sampling technique. There were five participants in this research, and all ofthem were vocational school students who became the victims of bullying. The analysis results of this researchindicated that art therapy was effective in reducing anxiety in adolescent victims of bullying.

Keywords -Bullying, art therapy, adolescents