Aggressive Behaviour Of Adolescents And Its Prevention In The Russian School Society

Abstract

Recently, aggressive behaviour in school society has become an increasingly significant problem. And countries, society, and the pedagogical community are aimed to make a great effort of it's solving. The article provides an analysis of the most famous cases of school violence in Russia over the past decade (from open sources), describes the results of an empirical study of the characteristics of psychological conditions for the emergence of aggressive behaviour and bullying in a typical training school for teachers (130 persons). We identified different types and forms of aggression in students of this training school. According to high rates of verbal aggression which were identified, we may suggest that negatively tinged relationships among students would take the form of bullying of rejected students. Moreover, to understand how Russian school society is dealing with these challenges, the educational prevention programs (157 reports on school activities from school websites) are analyzed from the point of view of the identified features of the aggressive behaviour of modern adolescents. Content analysis showed that 157 sites mention 303 types of informational and theoretical materials posted in different sections of the school websites. Most of all, it is alarming that 61.1% of all analysed sites do not mention a single practical event dedicated to the prevention of aggressive and/or deviant behaviour of schoolchildren. 28.7% of them mention one event. And only 10.2% websites indicated 2 or more practical measures to prevent aggression in the school environment.