Abstrak
This research aims to determine the influence of role-playing techniques in overcoming bullying verbal Class VIII students at SMPN 4 Tarakan. This type of research is a quantitative research type, with a pre-experiment approach and pretest- posttest group design. Sampling in this study used purposive sampling, with a sample of 12 students in class VIII. The data collection technique in this research uses a Likert scale of bullying verbal. Based on data analysis using descriptive statistics and inferential. The results of the analysis using the paired sample t-test data test found that the sig value was 0.000 0.05, which means that Ha was accepted. So, it can be concluded that the influence of role-playing techniques with group guidance in overcoming bullying verbal influences bullying of students in class VIII of SMPN 4 Tarakan.