Abstract

Violence among children and young people is considered to be any physical or psychological violent behavior aimed at children and young people and done on purpose by their peers. This has a goal of insulting and it includes repetition of the same behavioral principle and perseverance of an unequal strength ratios, i.e. stronger against weaker or group against individual. Children bullying behavior has been an established behavior in our society and school that it is ignored very often and considered to be a “part of a normal behavior”. However, researches show that bullying has long lasting consequences both on victims and doers. Furthermore, sharp reactions against bullying have consequences of an extreme increase of violence in schools that obtain great media attention. Bullying includes different types of violent behavior ranking from hassle or purpose social isolation and ignoring to severe offences and abuse. Bullying doers could be individual or groups of peers. This type of behavior is objectionable and socially unacceptable. It is estimated that more than three fourths of adolescents have some kind of experience related to bullying such as calling names or public scorn. The aim of the paper is to present bullying as one of the major social problems that has a serious effect on the school children and youth’s wellbeing. It is going to present bullying in relation to the type, including “cyber-bullying”, thereupon, in relation to the individual characteristics of a victim and bullying doer, in relation to the environmental elements which have some influence on bullying, as well as bullying effects and prevention.

Key words: bullying, peer victimization, cyber-bullying, bullying victim, bullying doer