Violent behavior of students in Belgrade schools

Abstract

Violent behavior of children and youth receive special attention of scientists, researchers and practitioners for many years. The results of the research on the characteristics of youth violent behavior, conducted on a sample of 1071 students from six schools in Belgrade, is a modest contribution to the total fund of knowledge about the frequency and characteristics of peer violence. The main results are showing that violent behavior is not present in the high level of surveyed students; milder violent behavior are more present than severity; boys exhibit more violent behavior than girls, but girls are often victims of violent behavior; milder forms of violent behavior increases with the age of respondents, the level of expression of severe forms of violent behavior is not correlated with age, but victimization by violent behavior continuously decreases with age.

Nasilno ponašanje dece i omladine dugi niz godina zaokuplja posebnu pažnju naučnika, istraživača i praktičara. Rezultati istraživanja karakteristika nasilnog ponašanja učenika, sprovedeni na uzorku od 1071 učenika šest beogradskih škola, predstavljaju skroman doprinos ukupnom fondu znanja o učestalosti i karakteristikama vršnjačkog nasilja. Osnovni rezultati su: ispoljavanje nasilnog ponašanja nije u visokom stepenu zastupljeno u populaciji ispitanih učenika; blaži oblici nasilnog ponašanja su prisutniji nego teži oblici; dečaci više ispoljavaju nasilno ponašanje nego devojčice, ali su devojčice češće žrtve nasilnog ponašanja; ispoljavanje blažih oblika nasilnog ponašanja se povećava sa uzrastom ispitanika, stepen ispoljavanja težih oblika nasilnog ponašanja ne korelira sa uzrastom, dok viktimiziranost nasilnim ponašanjem kontinuirano opada sa uzrastom.