Moralność i bullying. Edukacja charakteru podstawowym elementem w rozwiązaniu problemu dręczenia rówieśniczego w szkole?
Morality and bullying. Is the education of character a fundamental element in solving the problem of peer bullying at schools?

Summary/Abstract: The considerations in the text are situated in the socio-normative approach to aggression. In particular, focused on the moral side of determinants of school bullying, which is conceptualized as a specific kind of repeated peer violence. Moreover, a group character of this phenomenon is typical, which is reflected in the fact that aggressive behavior does not happen in secret, but the bully has usually active or passive support from bystanders, whose presence and behavior is essential to maintain and / or and limitations of this process in school. That's why morality - moral standards, values, emotions and evaluation - is an important issue in the context of explaining the torment of the school. In addition, understanding the nature of moral neutralization of behavior used by the perpetrators of school bullying and witnesses of these situations, who support the perpetrator rather than the victim, it is an important issue from the point of view of the planned educational influence. Content in the article are presented based on the review of literature, empirical studies and own authors’ research experiences in the study area. Signaled issues constitute a contribution to the discussion on the effective prevention and reduction of peer bullying at school.

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