ISPITIVANJE STAVOVA UČENIKA I PROSVJETNIH RADNIKA O VRŠNJAČKOM NASILJU U ŠKOLAMA
QUESTIONING THE ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATIONAL WORKERS ON PEER VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

Summary/Abstract: Violence among children is worrying because every society is called to protect children as the weakest and most unprotected part of the community. Today, peer violence is a growing trend throughout the world, which represents a serious public health problem, since it leaves many consequences for the children who participate in it. The school, a child attends, represents a microsystem and the factors of the school microsystem interact with the child and directly affect his development. As a place where children spend most of their time together during the day, the school should take the primary role in preventing and protecting children from violence. The paper aims to examine the attitudes of students and educators about peer violence in schools concerning age and gender. The research was conducted in 2024 in elementary schools in the municipalities of Busovača and Kreševo. An anonymous questionnaire was used to conduct the research. N=310 primary school students and N=113 educators participated in it. Out of the total number of students, 39.68% think that peer violence is a problem in their school. When asked what students feel or think when they see that a student of their age is being bullied, the largest share of students 41.30% (M=42.19%; F=57.81%); (5th grade students=35.94%, 9th grade students=64.06%) answered that they feel sorry for that student and would like to help, but they don't know how. Descriptive analysis determined that name-calling is the most common form of violence among students, 30.65% (M=60.0%; F=40.0%) (5th grade students=36.84%, 9th grade students=63.16%). Based on the research results, out of the total number of teachers involved, the largest share of them, 35.40%, mostly agree that students acquire knowledge on how to intervene to prevent or avoid violent situations, whereas 30.09% of them have a neutral attitude. When it comes to implementing school policies on the consequences of aggressive/violent behavior of students, teachers have implemented the same policy once or twice in the last 30 days, 31.86%. Timely identification and recording of problems, wellplanned intervention, and school engagement positively impact child development and acceptance of non-risky lifestyles.

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