Keyword: «bullying»

The authors of the article analyze the most popular forms of negative communication used in social networks among teenage students. It includes the main characteristics of trolling, bullying, outing, stalking and liking and their difference from each other. The influence of social networks on the victimization of the individual. The authors propose to pay attention to these forms of virtual influence on the unstable psyche of young people in this difficult age. Regardless of the presence of an account in social networks, any person can be exposed to forms of negative communication and become a victim of this influence, the main field of action of which unfolds in social networks, but the echoes of such forms can also appear in real life.

The article reveals the phenomenon of bullying as one of the types of aggressive behavior. It is emphasized that bullying is a fairly common phenomenon in schools in many countries of the world. This situation poses a number of tasks for scientists and practitioners in terms of pedagogical prevention and countering bullying. Solving these problems is the key to a successful fight against this form of harassment in educational institutions. The purpose of this article is a systematic analysis of existing training programs that help reduce the manifestation of such a negative phenomenon as bullying in educational institutions. An analytical review of the main training programs that exist in foreign pedagogical theory and practice aimed at preventing bullying at school is presented. Particular attention is paid to the pedagogical prevention of bullying in the framework of the activities of a social teacher and a class teacher. It is emphasized that the effectiveness of training work on the prevention of bullying at school depends on the interaction of all subjects of the educational process (administration, teachers, parents, schoolchildren). The article describes three main groups of training programs against bullying at school, which focus on the cognitive, social aspects of the personality or take them into account together (multimodal programs). Cognitive programs emphasize the important role of perceptual processes in human life and their impact on behavior. Therefore, much attention is paid to the development of abilities for adequate perception of other people and self-perception, the study of non-verbal human behavior, the development of skills in interpreting body language and paralinguistic means of communication within the framework of cognitive training programs. In social training programs, significant attention is paid to the development of social (communicative) skills of the individual (the ability to actively listen, understand non-verbal signals, and the ability to resolve conflict situations). To do this, you need to be able to verbalize your own needs, values and goals and to be ready to compromise with other people. In addition, skills of constructive joint work to achieve common goals are formed. Multimodal training programs in bullying prevention in schools have become widespread because give a chance to model different content blocks and use appropriate methods. A characteristic feature of multimodal programs is their eclecticism, a combination of various techniques that ensure the successful solution of the tasks. These programs can be effectively used in individual and group work with schoolchildren.

In the article, the author examines the essence of bullying and its consequences for the personal development of adolescents. The reasons for the occurrence of bullying in educational institutions are explained. Using the example of an empirical study conducted at school among adolescents, it is shown that bullying is a common phenomenon and negatively affects personal characteristics: self-esteem, social status in a group, behavior and the development of neuropsychiatric and behavioral disorders.

The article considers topical issues of the field of law – the protection of the person from dangerous illegal acts, including cyberbullying. The relevance of the topic of the study is due to the lack of in-depth elaboration of the legal aspect of cyberbullying in the Russian Federation. Legislation designed to protect against external attacks on the honour and dignity of the individual is dispersed under different legal acts and may be applicable to cyberbullying. How effective they are is the subject of research. To achieve results, a comparative legal method has been used, which allows to identify trends in the field of legal regulation.

The article reveals the concept of bullying in educational institutions and examines its two types – physical and psychological, which, in turn, manifests itself in the form of verbal bullying, extortion, isolation, bias-based bullying and cyberbullying. The article presents the results of a servey conducted among interviewees aged 17 to 35 years on the topic “The problem of bullying in educational institutions and methods of solutions”.