Victims and offenders in a situation of bulling: who are they?

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Abstract

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.

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Keywords: bulling, learning environment, school violence, the victim, the offender, the victim of aggression.

Journal rubric: Educational Psychology and Pedagogical Psychology

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2015040401

For citation: Ekimova V.I., Zalaldinova A.M. Victims and offenders in a situation of bulling: who are they? [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2015. Vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 5–10. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2015040401. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

Information About the Authors

Valentina I. Ekimova, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Department of Scientific Foundations of Extreme Psychology, Faculty of Extreme Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1480-3571, e-mail: iropse@mail.ru

Alina M. Zalaldinova, Social educator, State budgetary educational institution of Moscow “Theatrical art technical college”, e-mail: zalaldinovaa@gmail.com

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