First Annual FORTHEM Conference FORTHEM - For the Future

Bullying victims between Romanian and Italian adolescents

8 Mar 2024, 11:15

15m

ONLINE

Oral presentation The Social Sciences and Humanities – Creative research ideas and their potential societal impact The Social Sciences and Humanities – Creative research ideas and their potential societal impact

Speaker

Ms Andreea Manolache (Universitatea Ovidius din Constanța Facultatea de Psihologie și Științele Educației)

Description

Bullying is a type of violence that threats wellness of children and adolescents. Bullying episodes are especially common during transitional periods in the lives of children and adolescents when they figure out where they fit among new peer groups. Bullying can be a persistent menacing and aggressive physical behaviour or just a verbal abuse directed to other people. The effects of bullying are felt by individuals, families, schools and society. The children who are victims of this phenomenon feel powerless and humiliated by the aggressive acts of other children. This research was carried out in order to measure how Romanian and Italian teenagers perceive bullying.
The hypothesis elaborated was: ”It is presumed that there are significant differences in the perception of bullying between Romanian and Italian adolescents”. The sample of this research is made up of 60 people aged 17 to 24, both female and male. The criteria of selection was nationality, respectively Romanian and Italians. The applied tool for carrying out this research is the scale for assessing the perception of teasing.
Based on the statistical results obtained, this research has demonstrated that there are no significant differences in the perception of bullying between the Romanian and Italian teenagers.