Open AccessVictims and offenders in a situation of bulling: who are they?
Author(s) -
Valentina Ekimova,
A M Zalaldinova
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sovremennaâ zarubežnaâ psihologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2304-4977
DOI - 10.17759/jmfp.2015040401
Subject(s) - phenomenon , aggression , psychology , scarcity , character (mathematics) , mental health , descriptive statistics , criminology , social psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , epistemology , philosophy , statistics , geometry , mathematics , economics , microeconomics
Bulling is one of the most common form of violence in the school environment, adversely affecting the physical and mental health of all its members. The article provides a brief review of foreign studies of this phenomenon, the actual statistics of its prevalence and forms of manifestation. Research focuses on the General characteristics of the bulling participants – aggressors and victims of aggression. The article points to the descriptive character of the studies and contradictory results. It also draws attention to the scarcity of diagnostic tools and a lack of understanding of the psychological component of the problem.