Electronic violence among adolescents

Djeca i mladi su danas sve češće, uz klasične oblike nasilja, uključena u nasilnička ponašanja putem Interneta što za njih može imati različite psihosocijalne posljedice.Istraživanje je provedeno s ciljem ispitivanja povezanosti činjenja i doživljavanja elektroničkog nasilja i prisutnosti eksternaliziranih i internaliziranih problema kod adolescenata s fokusom na samoiskaz adolescenata o uključenosti u elektroničko nasilje.U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 152 učenika prvih razreda srednjih škola s područja grada Požege. Korišteni su Upitnik sociodemografskih obilježja, Skala činjenja i doživljavanja elektroničkog nasilja (Delač Horvatinčić i Kozarić Ciković, 2010.),Upitnik snaga i poteškoća (Strenghts and Difficulties Questionnaire- SDQ) i Upitnik reagiranja na izloženost elektroničkom nasilju. Rezultati pokazuju kako su i činjenje i doživljavanje elektroničkog nasilja povezani s problemima s vršnjacima, hiperaktivnosti i problemima u ponašanju. S druge strane, činjenje nije povezano s emocionalnim problemima. Adolescenti se za pomoć najčešće ne obraćaju nikome ili se obraćaju prijateljima i roditeljima kad im je potrebna podrška. Najčešći razlozi ne obraćanja za pomoć jesu nedoživljavanje nasilja u posljednjih godinu dana, vjerovanje da odrasli ne mogu ništa promijeniti i strah od toga da će ispasti „tužibabe“. S obzirom na nepovjerenje kod adolescenata, potrebno je razvijati programe usmjerene na osnaživanje adolescenata da progovore o svom iskustvu s nasiljem.increasingly involved in electronic violent behaviour which can have different psychosocial consequences for them.The aim of the research was to explore the relationship between electronic violence perpetration and victimization with externalizing and internalizing problems in adolescence, with focus on adolescents’ self-disclosure about involvement in electronic violence.152 freshmen of high schools in the City of Požega, participated in the research. Measures consisted of the socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire, the electronic violence perpetration and victimization scale (DelačHorvatinčić& KozarićCiković, 2010.), the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997) and self-report questionnaire. The results show that both electronic violence perpetration and victimization are related to problems with peers, hyperactivity and behavioural problems. On the other hand, involving in electronic violence perpetration is not related to emotional problems. Adolescents mostly donot turn to nobody or turn to their friends and parents when in need for support. The most common reasons for those who were involved in electronic violence in the past year are believing that adults cannot change anything and the fear that they will be labelled as tattletales if they say anything. Due to the mistrust of adolescents, it is necessary to develop programs aimed at empowering adolescents to share their experience with violence