PREVALENCIJA NASILJA MEĐU VRŠNJACIMA U OSNOVNIM ŠKOLAMA
PREVALENCE OF BULLYING AMONG CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Author(s): Anida DudićSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, Sociology, School education, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: CENTAR MODERNIH ZNANJA
Keywords: children; school; bullying; forms of bullying; prevention;
Summary/Abstract: The fact that the problem of bullying among children is a phenomenon that must be seriously addressed, is proved by the results of numerous researches that emphasize that the children today are continuously and systematically attacked and disturbed by other children. Today, bullying, either emotional, physical or sexual, does not know any boundaries; nation, origin, language, religion nor age and sexual orientation. That way bullying is not observed as a binary relationship victim – abuser but as a group phenomenon in which children play different roles. Bosnia and Herzegovina's society, unlike developed societies, is facing many problems that disable the insight into problems and the forms of bullying among children and currently there are no relevant indicators of violence among children nor laws connected to the prevention of this kind of violence which represents a difficulty in the creation of multidisciplinary approach to phenomenon of bullying among children. The schools, being the institutions in which children spend most of their time, represent a potential platform for scene of violence to take place. This work, using a sample of children in primary schools (N=212), tries to examine the occurance of the violent behavior phenomenon, the most common forms of violence to which children are exposed, identification of the abusers and their victims. The work also intents to point out that bullying is not only a problem in schools, but it is also becoming a social problem that needs to be sistematically resolved. Considering the fact that bullying as a problem in primary schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina is very little researched, the results of this research may be able to provide a basis for a comparison of the outspread of bullying in our country and the world, and offer a framework for the making of prevention and intervention programs at the level of primary schools.
Journal: DRUŠTVENE DEVIJACIJE
- Issue Year: II/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 92-105
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian