Citation

Stepanyan L, Khitaryan D, Tonikyan T. Georgian Med. News 2022; (333): 46-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, International Academy of Science, Education, Industry and Arts)

DOI

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PMID

36780622

Abstract

The high dynamism of modern world changes, the amplitude, contradiction, and format of information provision, is a great load on the person's psychic, behavior, on its various manifestations. Adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of the above-mentioned changes, when aggressive and deviant behavior is already normal and regular into force those physiological, psychological, and social changes that occur during this period. One of the manifestations of deviant behavior, which has recently become very widespread, is bullying. The aim of this study was to identify the emotional profile and its behavioral manifestations as determinants of bullying among teenagers. The study used survey and testing methods. In the blank the researched filled in their acronym, age, social status, marital status, number of children in the family, and more. Within the framework of the testing method, 3 tests were used: E. Norkina's "Bullying Structure" Questionnaire, K. Izard's "Scale of Differential Emotions", Bass-Perry's Method of Diagnosing Aggression. It is revealed that the victims are characterized by high level of direct aggressiveness, as well as passive and latent aggression. While the bullies are characterized by the high level of humor, positive self-sense, and curiosity. In adolescence, unequal bullying role distribution is recorded: bullies, defenders and victims are of a large group. The peculiarities of emotional profile of bullying participants are demonstrated, particularly negative emotions, latent aggression, negativeness, etc. are of great significance in the emotional profile of victims, while bullies and defenders are characterized by physical aggression, joy, curiosity, and positive self-feeling expression.

Language: en