Keyword: «role-based victimization»

The article provides a brief overview of a person's role-based victimization as a personality trait and a method of "learned social behavior." It presents a characterization of the roles of the participants in bullying. The article examines K. Salmivalli's model of role-based behavior in school bullying and provides a characterization of the participants in bullying ("victim," "aggressor," and "observer"). The article analyzes the reasons for the increase in bullying in the school environment.