ELEKTRONIČKO NASILJE MEĐU MLADIMA - PREGLED SUVREMENIH SPOZNAJA I MOGUĆNOSTI ZA KREIRANJE INTERVENCIJA
CYBERBULLYING AMONG YOUTH - OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND POSSIBILITIES FOR DESIGNING INTERVENTIONS

Summary/Abstract: For children and adolescents, the virtual environment has become an integral part of daily life, in which they fulfil their daily duties, complete schoolwork, grow up and achieve various developmental outcomes, build, and maintain interpersonal relationships, form their own identity and so on. Due to this intensive use, it is not surprising that data shows that more and more children and adolescents are exposed to different modalities of electronic violence (cyberbullying), especially on social networks and through online video games. Electronic violence, i.e. cyberbullying is defined as the use of the internet for the purpose of causing harm, pain or intimidation to another person (Cambridge Dictionary, 2024; UNICEF, 2024) and manifests itself through the sending of unpleasant or threatening messages, the publication of untrue information, the sending and/or forwarding of photographic or video material without the consent of the person whose material is being sent, and numerous other forms. Some data also indicates that almost all young people are exposed to electronic violence during their primary and secondary school years (EU Kids Online, 2020), either in the role of perpetrator, victim, or bystander, which can lead to numerous undesirable consequences that can disrupt a young person's psychosocial functioning. Accordingly, the main objective of this paper is to present relevant scientific evidence on electronic violence/cyberbullying among children and adolescents and to present current data on the prevalence of violence through social networks and online video games. Also, guidelines for the development of psychosocial prevention and treatment interventions in this area are presented, as well as examples of programs that have been developed and evaluated. The literature review and examples of already developed interventions help to expand the knowledge of researchers and clinicians on this very topical and rapidly changing phenomenon and provide basic guidelines for the creation and development of interventions for children and adolescents.

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