Citation

Stan C, Beldean IG. Procedia Soc. Behav. Sci. 2014; 114: 735-743.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.777

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

One of the major problems of the contemporary educational phenomenon is school violence. In terms of its manifestation, it may take the form of physical, verbal or symbolic violence but events with major impact on the quality of the educational environment are bullying-type events. Generally defined as a frequently and deliberately behavior aimed at both physical or psychical injury as well as instituting a relation of domination to this person, bullying-type events have a negative impact on the student's personal and academical development. Based on these observations, our research aims to study the extent to which the development of social and emotional skills of students reduces bullying-type events. In this respect, it was necessary to implement an Anti-Violence Program in schools, based on the "Program Achieve. You Can Do It!" by Bernard (2008) to which a component for parents was added. The number of subjects involved in the research was 231 students from two middle-schools from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 117 of which belonged to the experimental group, and 114 belonging to the control group. The questionnaire for evaluating violent behavior was filled out before and after the implementation of the Anti-Violence Program. Comparing the results of the pretest stage with the data from the posttest stage indicates a significant reduction in violence among the students in the experimental group compared to the control group.