Satisfaction with the School Environment and Involvement in Peer Violence and Cyberbullying in Croatian Vocational High School

Ivan Pakšic, Roberta Matkovic and Lucija Vejmelka ()
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Ivan Pakšic: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zagreb, Croatia
Roberta Matkovic: Teaching Institute for Public Health Split Dalmatian County, Split, Croatia
Lucija Vejmelka: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Department of Social Work, Zagreb, Croatia

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, 2025, vol. 23, issue 2, 130-146

Abstract: Peer violence is a widespread phenomenon with focus of experts and prevention programs. Participating in peer violence and violence on the Internet can seriously damage a child’s well-being and mental health and leave long-term consequences. There is lack of the research that focuses on a specific context as the vocational technical school with predominantly male students. Research was conducted on the sample of 108 students from vocational high school in Croatia, average age 15,7 who participated via online questionnaire about peer violence and cyberbullying and assessment of satisfaction with the school environment. Evidently, more frequent participation in peer violence and cyberbullying is associated with lower school satisfaction. Furthermore, participation in violence behaviours’ is related to committing and experiencing other forms of violence, real or online. Further analysis reveals that higher probability of experiencing peer violence can be associated with lower satisfaction with the school environment and more frequent acts of peer violence. Also, experiencing peer violence has the greatest impact on student satisfaction with the school environment. These findings can be used in the selection and creation of preventive interventions aimed at reducing the occurrence of violence among students.

Keywords: school environment; peer violence; cyberbullying; vocational high school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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