The relationship between dark triad personality and bullying behavior on vocational high school students

Bullying is a verbal or nonverbal behavior perpetrated by one individual or group against another individual or group. The bullying phenomenon has been the focus of education for a long time. One of the factors that can induce bullying in the individual is personality. There are three dark personalities within humans known as the dark triad personality. This personality is made up of machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between each dimension of the dark triad personality and bullying behavior. The method used in the study is the quantitative method, with the subject of 77 vocational students (15-20 years) who are ranked in the bully. The sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling. The data was analyzed using spearman's rho's correlation. Research shows that there is a relationship in two dimensions of the dark triad personality with bullying behavior. Narcissism has the most positive relationships with bullying behavior and is followed by a psychopathy who has a positive relationship with bullying behavior. Additionally, studies also show that machiavellianism has no positive correlations with bullying. In order to reduce bullying behavior in schools, this can be done by integrating character education into the school curriculum to teach values such as empathy, respect and responsibility.