Bullying in institutions for children without adequate parental care

U radu je opisan dio rezultata istraživanja o nasilju među djecom provedenoga 2006. godine u okviru šireg istraživanja. Istraživanje je među djecom bez odgovarajuće roditeljske skrbi na području Dalmacije („Maslina” Dubrovnik, „Maestral” Split i njegova podružnica „Miljenko i Dobrila”, Kaštel Lukšić) provedeno za tri dana. Dobiveni rezultati komparirani su s raspoloživim rezultatima o nasilju među djecom u školama. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da je ukupno 66 posto djece u navedenim domovima u posljednjih nekoliko mjeseci sudjelovalo u nasilju, kao žrtve (18%), nasilnici (4%) ili oboje (44%). Bile su prisutne sve vrste nasilja, i to zastupljene sljedećim redoslijedom: verbalno, psihičko, socijalno i fi zičko, seksualno i materijalno. Utvrđeno je da nije bilo značajne razlike među domovima u vrstama, učestalosti ni obilježjima nasilja među djecom. S obzirom na utvrđenu prisutnost nasilja među djecom u domovima, očito je da taj problem nije moguće riješiti individualnim djelovanjima stručnjaka i da je stoga potreban sveobuhvatan preventivno-intervencijski program sa specifi čnim aktivnostima, sličan UNICEF-ovu programu „Za sigurno i poticajno okruženje u školama”. Za istraživanje nasilja među djecom upotrijebljen je Olweusov upitnik Nasilnik/žrtva (Olweus, 1998.), a istraživanje je provedeno na malom uzorku od 50 djece, što ima za posljedicu ograničenje u zaključivanju i poopćivanju zaključaka.The paper describes a part of results of the research about bullying, which was carried out in June 2006 within a wider research. The research among children without parental care was conducted in the region of Dalmatia in three institutions for children without adequate parental care (“Maslina” Dubrovnik, “Maestral” Split and its branch “Miljenko i Dobrila” Kaštel Lukšić) in three days. The results of the study were then compared with the available results of the researches about violence among schoolchildren. The results of the study have shown that altogether 66% of children in the previously mentioned institutions had participated in violence as victims (18%), bullies (4%) or both (44%) during the previous few months. All types of abuse had been present and occurred in the following order due to frequency: verbal (as the most frequent), mental, social, physical, sexual and material abuse. No signifi cant difference between institutions has been established in terms of types, frequency or characteristics of bullying. Considering the established occurrence of bullying in children’s homes, it seems obvious that it is not possible to resolve the problem with individual experts’ activity. Therefore it is essential to organize an overall prevention and intervention program with specific activities, similar to the UNICEF’s “Safe and encouraging environment in schools”. In the research the Olweus bully/victim questionnaire (Olweus, 1998.) was used, on the small sample of 50 children, which makes the concluding process and the generalization of conclusions quite limiting