Conflicts among adolescents

Dažniausiai paauglių konfliktišką elgesį nulemia nusivylimas, įtempta emocinė būsena, atsirandanti negalint patenkinti kurio nors poreikio, realizuoti tikslo, įveikti sunkumų. Straipsnyje aptariami tyrimai, atlikti įvairiose Lietuvos mokyklose. Tirta 586 VII-IX klasių mokiniai 2004 metų spalio-gruodžio mėnesiais. Tyrimų metu buvo gilinamasi į paauglių tarpusavio konfliktų kilimo priežastis ir raišką, t.y. siekta atskleisti paauglių vertybinių konfliktų ypatumus.The article discusses the conflicts of adolescents with their classmates. The research looked at three types of conflicts, those dealing with: 1) values, 2) needs, and 3) role. The conflicts occurred after three kinds of behavior: 1) aggressive, 2) egressive, and 3) regressive. The investigation was carried out with 586 pupils [12 to 16 years old (7th-9th grades)] from urban, regional, and rural Lithuanian secondary schools. The link between the conflicts of adolescents and the frustration of their values/needs/rights (and duties) was established. The results of the empirical re­search show that the most common cause of a conflict was when the classmate frustrated the adolescent's rights (especially the right to express his opinion). This was usually done in a verbal attack. Aggression was not characteristic for conflicts dealing with needs. The opponent would simply be ignore