Naslov
Offline and Online Peer Violence: Significance for Child Well-Being in Southeast Europe

Autori
Vejmelka, Lucija ; Sušac, Nika ; Rajhvajn Bulat, Linda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, pregledni

Knjiga
Handbook of Children’s Risk, Vulnerability and Quality of Life

Urednik/ci
Tiliouine, Habib ; Benatuil, Denise ; Lau, Maggie K.W.

Izdavač
Springer International Publishing

Grad
London

Godina
2022

Raspon stranica
169-185

ISSN
2468-7227

Ključne riječi
Peer Violence ; Online Peer Violence ; Child Well-Being ; Southeast Europe

Sažetak
Peer interactions are an important part of children’s everyday life and can significantly affect their psychosocial development. Satisfaction with peer relations contributes to their satisfaction with life in general, as well as to their development of positive self-image, which confirms the importance of peer relations for child well-being. Peer interactions can be categorized as positive (e.g. peer support) and negative (e.g. peer violence). They can occur in direct “face to face” contacts, as well as in virtual environment and attention of professionals should be directed to both settings. Negative peer interactions present a developmental risk for children who experience behaviours such as peer violence. Bullying and cyberbullying have some specifics depending on the context in which peer violence occurs and they both have a significant impact on quality of life and child well-being. Countries of southeast Europe have different approaches in dealing with peer violence phenomena and available legislation and interventions but especially in collecting data about its prevalence. Some of the countries of southeast Europe tend to collect internationally comparable data, while others are still developing national strategies in the field. However, it is clear that in these countries there is still a lack of clear conceptualization and operationalization of offline and online peer violence, as well as a lack of systematic and continuous approach to developing models of good practices in (cyber)bullying prevention. Inclusion in international studies in the field of child well- being has an important role in providing extensive data and the possibility of their comparison with other countries, which enables the development of effective evidence-based interventions that aim at improving the circumstances in which children grow up, ensuring their safety and protecting children’s rights.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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