The link between behavioral disorders and the social life of primary and secondary students

Teorijski dio rada obuhvaća definicije poremećaja u ponašanju, ulogu roditelja i obitelji u razvoju djeteta kao njegove najbliže zajednice, te utjecaj vršnjaka koji postaje ravan utjecaju roditelja, a ponekad ga čak nadilazi. Dalje se navode i opisuju rizični i zaštitni čimbenici unutar obiteljskog i školskog okruženja. Sljedeće poglavlje posvećeno je vrstama učeničkog ponašanja, od prosocijalnog prema problematičnom, a nakon toga slijedi opis razina i aspekata prevencije uz orijentaciju na univerzalne preventivne programe usmjerene na opojna sredstva, nasilje i rizično seksualno ponašanje. U istraživačkom dijelu rada prikazani su rezultati istraživanja u kojemu su sudjelovali učenici osmog razreda OŠ A.G. Matoš u Vinkovcima, te učenici Ekonomske i trgovačke škole Ivana Domca u Vinkovcima. Cilj istraživanja jest utvrditi povezanost poremećaja u ponašanju sa društvenim životom ispitanika, odnosno dobiti uvid u utjecaj problematične vršnjačke skupine na ponašanje pojedinca, prihvaćenost i utjecaj pojedinca s poremećajima u ponašanju na skupinu vršnjaka, te utjecaj roditelja na ponašanje djeteta u skupini vršnjaka. Za svaku od navedenih komponenti postavljene su hipoteze, koje su odbačene nakon provedbe Z-testa i testa gornje granice prihvaćanja. Osim statističke obrade, prikazana je i deskriptivna analiza svakog odgovora, odnosno uspoređeni su odgovori dviju skupina. Nakon analize slijedi rasprava koja uključuje usporedbu dobivenih rezultata istraživanja s istraživanjima sličnog karaktera, prvenstveno ESPAD-ovim istraživanjem.The theoretical part of the paper includes definitions of behavioural disorders, the role of parents and family as the child's closest community in their development, and the influence of peers that becomes equal to, and sometimes even exceeds, the influence of parents. Furthermore, risk and protective factors within the family and school environment are also listed and described. The following chapter is devoted to types of student behaviour, ranging from prosocial to problematic. It is followed by a description of the levels and aspects of prevention, with a focus on universal prevention programmes aimed at narcotics, violence and risky sexual behaviour. The research part of the paper presents the results of a study conducted among eighth grade students from Antun Gustav Matoš primary school and students of the Ivan Domac School of Economics and Commerce in Vinkovci. The goals of the research are to determine the link between behavioural disorders and the social life of respondents, i.e. to gain insight into the influence a problematic peer group has on an individual's behaviour, the level of acceptance an individual with behavioural disorders enjoys in their peer group, as well as the individual’s influence on the group. Finally, it aims to determine the parental influence on the child's behaviour within the peer group. Hypotheses were set for each of these components, and were rejected after performing the Z-test and the upper acceptance limit test. In addition to statistical data processing, a descriptive analysis of each answer is presented, meaning that the answers of the two groups are compared. The analysis is followed by a discussion that includes a comparison of the obtained research results with similar studies, primarily the ESPAD research