Opis: | Peer violence is a very complex phenomenon that is present in almost every school today. Despite the fact that the phenomenon was already widespread in the last century, very little attention was paid to it. It is this delay and ignorance that something like this is not / cannot happen in schools that could be the reason for the tragedy that happened in 1982 in Norway. Three children, aged 10 to 14, committed suicide at the time due to peer abuse. This was the reason why, a year later, primary schools introduced a national program against peer violence among students. Peer violence has not changed much since then. It is still true that we talk about this form of violence when an individual (student) is repeatedly exposed to an aggressive act or such and other negative actions by peers (one / more) for a longer period of time or in a certain period of time. These negative acts are divided into seven categories: verbal violence, exclusion from the group, physical violence, spreading false rumors, taking money or damaging foreign objects, coercion into certain acts and racial violence. We also know three special forms of peer violence, namely sexual violence, online violence (a newer form) and peer violence against students with special needs. Which form of peer violence the perpetrator will use depends mainly on the victim. In the case of a typical victim who is insecure, cautious, shy, and introverted, just a few verbal insults or spreading false rumors will suffice to make him collapse and feel less valuable. However, in cases where we have an atypical victim who easily opposes the perpetrator with his personal characteristics, in most cases peer violence does not occur, as the perpetrator realizes that his actions do not make sense and finds another victim. In all of this, it is very important to ask ourselves why certain individuals commit peer violence against their peers at all, and to recognize them in the crowd of children / adolescents, and to exclude them in time and talk to them. We also asked students of Zasavje secondary schools about peer violence (survey / questionnaire) and based on their answers with the help of analysis with different multivariate methods, we got answers, which forms of peer violence prevail, where peer violence is most often carried out, how students react if witness peer violence, to whom you would trust your experience, etc. |
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