The Effect of Group Study Activities on the Prevention Risky Behavior to Students’ Bullying in an Islamic Private School, Yala Province

Abstract

        The objective of this research was to study the effect of prevention risky behavior to students’ bullying in an Islamic Private School, Yala Province. The participants of the study were 40 students during the first semester of the 2016 academic year. The simple random sampling method was used to select participants and then they were assigned into the experimental group with 20 students participating in the study group activities and the control group with 20 students participating in the school’s normal activities. This study was the control group with pre-test post-test design. The research instrument was the screening inventory for students at risk of exposure to bullying behavior. The data analysis was pertormed using the means, standard deviation, and t-test. The results of the study revealed that before participating in activities, students who participated in study group activities and those who participated in school’s normal activities were not different in their risky behavior to bullying. After participating in activities, the students were participating in group study activities had statistically less risky behavior to bullying than those who participating in school’s normal activities.