The appearance of bulling among child and adolescents treated in Department for child and adolescent psychiatry

Cilj istraživanja. Istražiti pojavnost vršnjačkog zlostavljanja među djecom i adolescentima koji su u tretmanu, te istražiti koliki je omjer žrtava, zlostavljača i promatrača. Nacrt studije. Presječna studija. Ispitanici i metode. Ispitano je 50 ispitanika. U istraživanje su bila uključena djeca i adolescenti u dobi od 6 do 19 godina različite spolne pripadnosti koji su bili u tretmanu liječenja na Zavodu za dječju i adolescentnu psihijatriju Kliničkog bolničkog centra Osijek. Rezultati. Prosječna dob ispitanika koji su sudjelovala u istraživanju je bila 14,8 godina, minimum je bio 6 godina, a maksimum 19 godina. Ukupno je bilo 23 dječaka i 27 djevojčica. 36% djece i 31% adolescenata je iskusilo nasilje tijekom proteklih nekoliko mjeseci. 26% dječaka i 36% djevojčica bilo je žrtva nasilja barem jednom tijekom proteklih nekoliko mjeseci. 27% djece i 35,5% adolescenata sudjelovalo je u nekom obliku nasilništva nad vršnjacima u proteklih nekoliko mjeseci. Dječaci su zlostavljači češće nego djevojčice. Skoro polovica ispitanih djevojčica češe je primjenjivalo indirektne oblike nasilja poput ismijavanja, zadirkivanja i ignoriranja. Zaključak. Mogu se izvesti sljedeći zaključci: trećina djece i adolescenata je iskusila nasilje tijekom proteklih nekoliko mjeseci, te je trećina djece i adolescenata bilo zlostavljač, a 73% djece i 71,5% adolescenata pokušava zaustaviti nasilje.The aim of study: to examine the incidence of bullying among children and adolescents who are participating in the treatment, and to explore the ratio of victims, abusers and observers. Study design: a cross-sectional study. Methods and participants: the study included 50 patients. The study population included children and adolescents whose age was from 6 to 19 years, including both genders, and they were participating in the treatment at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Osijek. Results: the average age of the respondents who participated in the study was 14.8 years; the minimum age was 6 and the maximum 19. There were 23 boys and 27 girls. 36% of children and 31% of adolescents had experienced violence in the past few months. 26% of boys and 36% of girls were victims of violence at least once during the past few months. 27% of children and 35.5% of adolescents participated in some form of violence against peers in the past few months. The boys were abusers more often than girls. Almost half of girl respondents were using indirect forms of violence like ridicule, teasing and ignoring. Conclusion: results show following conclusions; one third of children and adolescents have experienced violence in the past few months, and about a third of children and adolescents were the abusers, and 73% of children and 71.5% of adolescents tried to stop the violence