BULLYING IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT - FROM IGNORING TO IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS
BULLYING IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT - FROM IGNORING TO IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS

Summary/Abstract: The statistics show how big the problem of bullying is globally and in Romania, but a high number of the people who should stop this phenomenon exhibit an attitude of ignorance and sometimes denial. The research objectives of the present study aim to analyze the phenomenon of bullying in the school environment, on the one hand, and on the other hand, to identify the decisive prevention and intervention measures undertaken in school institutions that have contributed to the reduction or eradication of the phenomenon. Two qualitative research methods were used: the analysis of the relevant documents identified based on the analysis of the literature and the comparative analysis of the research results identified in the field.The main results of the analysis reflect the fact that at the global and national level, in the school environment the phenomenon of bullying has expanded in a worrying way, its effects repercussing on the social stakeholders involved in the educational environment, highlighting acts of violence in various forms, more serious or lighter, such as hitting, striking, tagging, humiliating or mocking verbal aggression, threatening with beating, extreme violence, delinquency, up to suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior on the part of the victims. The conclusion highlight that this phenomenon constitutes a challenge for decision-makers in school institutions, which, associated with the tendency to ignore or not recognize this problem, generates dysfunctions in identifying viable solutions that lead to the prevention, reduction or eradication of the phenomenon of bullying in the school environment.

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