Patyčių ir kontrolės lokuso sąsajos tarp 16–18 metų mokinių

Abstract

Mokinių apklausos rodo, jog vis daugiau mokinių tampa agresijos, pasireiškiančios patyčiomis, aukomis (Zaborskis, Cirtautienė, Žemaitienė, 2005), taigi buvo nuspręsta atlikti tyrimą, kurio tikslas – atskleisti sąsajas tarp patyčių ir kontrolės lokuso 16–18 metų paauglių grupėje. Tyrimų sąsajos tarp patyčių ir kontrolės lokuso nustatytos tik vaikinų grupėje. Paaiškėjo, kad paaugliai vaikinai, kuriems būdingas išorinis kontrolės lokusas, dažniau patiria patyčias ir dažniau tyčiojasi fiziškai ir emociškai nei vaikinai, kuriems būdingas vidinis kontrolės lokusas

Bullying is one of the most severe problems that exist among adolescents. The studies on bullying in Lithuania and abroad reveal a large number of children who become the victims of bullying (Camodeca, Goossens, 2005; Möller, Alldahl, Hallqvist, 2002; Zaborskis, Cirtautienė, Žemaitienė, 2005). The problem is already acknowledged in our society, yet not enough attention is paid to its solution. There is a great need to understand the phenomenon in order to prevent it. One way of doing this is to analyze relations between bullying and different characteristics of bullying situation, bully/victim and bullies. In this study the researchers' attention was focused on the possible links between bullying and locus of control. Though in literature information about the relations of those two phenomena is scarce, the results of some studies allow assuming that relations between bullying and locus of control can exist. Björkqvist and colleagues (1999) found that external locus of control significantly relates to physical, verbal and indirect aggression, while Andreou (2000) detected that external locus of control can be a strong characteristic of bully/victim, when internal locus of control can characterize those who don't involve themselves in bullying and never have been bullied by others. Sandstrom and Coie (1999) conducted the study which revealed strong relation between locus of control and group rejection - those children who have external locus of control are often rejected by the group. In summary, such results allow making an assumption that bullying can associate to the person's perception of his ability to control the environment, i.e. to his/her locus of control. Therefore the aim of this research was to evaluate the links between bullying and locus of control among the adolescents at the age of 16-18 years..[...]