PROMICANJE MENTALNOG ZDRAVLJA I NENASILNOG PONAŠANJA–PROCJENA AKTIVNOSTI I ISKUSTVA STUDENATA PEDAGOGIJE
PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AND NON-VIOLENT BEHAVIOR – ASSESSMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES OF PEDAGOGY STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: Mental health can be defined as a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with life's stresses, recognize their abilities, learn, work, and contribute to the community, with modern concepts emphasizing control over one's life and improvement of the general, focusing on physical, social and personal resources. In this sense, mental health promotion is the responsibility of all stakeholders, including education, and the importance of promotion is also recognized in the context of human rights and a holistic approach to human health and development. For this very reason, educational institutions are key to promoting mental health and developing resilience in children and young people. Despite research highlighting the importance of supporting teachers and professional staff in the prevention of behavioral problems, there are no clearly defined pedagogical aspects of this phenomenon. The role and orientation of the education of future educational professionals in the context of mental health prevention and protection is not clearly defined. Based on the results of the research carried out in the academic year 2023/2024. on the activities and experiences of mental health promotion and non-violent behavior during primary and secondary education on a sample of undergraduate pedagogy students, it can be observed that the contents were presented differently, with some of them being almost marginalized. Students ranked the importance of most mental health topics as high, suggesting, among other things, recognition of the timeliness of the problem and its importance for mental health prevention. Finally, students state that they have experienced various types of predominantly psychological forms of violence, most of which they have committed against another person. The link between the most common forms of violence perpetrated and the violence experienced by the respondents at the hands of their parents was established.

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