FREQUENCY AND FORMS OF PEER VIOLENCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
The research problem refers to the following question: what are the forms and frequency of peer violence manifestation in primary school. and what the rate of their frequency is. The research sample consists of 504 subjects, primary school students (attending 3rd to 8th grade).The instruments used in the research are The questionnaire measuring manifestation forms and frequency of peer violence and The questionnaire for teachers – class teachers. Both questionnaires had been construed by the author of the paper for the needs of the research. The variables included in the research are the following: sex, age, school success and place where a child attends primary school (village – town). Out of the sample as a whole, 22,8% the subjects state that they have been exposed to violence in the previous three months at least once, while 4,8% of the subjects have experienced repeated peer violence (bullying) in the previous three months. 55,8% of students have been exposed to peer violence at least once during the whole schooling period, while 13,3% of the subjects have experienced repeated peer violence. The existence of statistically significant differences between reporting on being exposed to peer violence either in the previous tree months or throughout schooling and the independent variables observed in the research has not been confirmed. The most frequent forms of peer violence the students have been exposed to are the following: insult (51,5%) and gossiping (46,9%), threats (19,3%) and physical peer violence (19,2%).
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