The Current State of Aggressive Behaviour of Primary and Secondary School Pupils in the Slovak Republic

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https://doi.org/10.55707/ds-po.v40i2.175

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aggressive behaviour of pupils, bullying, cyberbullying, prevention

Abstract

V zadnjih letih se povečuje pojav agresivnega vedenja med učenci in njegova prisotnost pri vse mlajših učencih, kar postaja v šolskem okolju resen problem. Ta pregledna študija se osredotoča na agresivno vedenje učencev v osnovnih in srednjih šolah na Slovaškem. V pregledu literature so analizirane raziskave aktualnih znanstvenih študij in raziskav državnih institucij na Slovaškem, v katerih so objavljena končna poročila raziskav agresivnega vedenja med osnovnošolci in srednješolci,  in sicer v obdobju od januarja 2018 do februarja 2023. Raziskave kažejo na povečano prisotnost medvrstniškega nasilja, ustrahovanja in agresivnega vedenja v spletnih okoljih. Rezultati potrjujejo potrebo po bolj sistematičnih preventivnih ukrepih v šolah. Priporoča se intenzivno in učinkovito delo z učenci z namenom razvijanja socialnih kompetenc, uvedbo programov za obvladovanje jeze in samoregulacijo ter delo s skupinami, ki izboljšuje medsebojne odnose in šolsko klimo. Pomembno je tudi ozaveščanje o posledicah nasilja, saj raziskave kažejo, da medvrstniško nasilje in spletno ustrahovanje lahko vodita v povečan stres, depresijo, zlorabo psihoaktivnih snovi in celo v samomorilne misli.

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2025-07-11

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Emmerová, I., Jablonský, T., & Starc, J. (2025). The Current State of Aggressive Behaviour of Primary and Secondary School Pupils in the Slovak Republic. Didactica Slovenica, 40(2), 100–113. https://doi.org/10.55707/ds-po.v40i2.175

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