SCIENTISTS AGAINST BULLYING

Bullying is a common phenomenon not only in sport but also in everyday life. If the coach cares, there is less bullying in the sports settings. However, this is not an easy task as it requires effort, experience, and knowledge. The formation of respect to the environment is very helpful. Athletes are trained not only...

Bullying in sport will not pass without consequences, and consequences are encountered by everyone: the victims of bullying, the perpetrators, and the witnesses of bullying , causing anxiety, depression and sometimes this becomes the cause of criminal or aggressive behaviour.

There is no doubt that where bullying starts, sincerity, confidence in oneself and others, creativity and goal pursuit end. Bullying has ruined more than one sporting talent; thus, let us not remain indifferent in stopping bullying.

As a professor of sociology of sports, a few years ago I included lectures on topics that address the issue of aggression and peer violence in youth sports. Although in the scientific literature, the issue of violence against young people and among young people in sports, present for decades, it turns out that students of...

It is no secret that bullying occurs most frequently at school both during lessons and breaks. It does not bypass physical education classes too. Most often, it is children who bully each other, but... there are other cases too. Sometimes teachers themselves (of different subjects, not necessarily physical education) can insult the pupil without even...

Bullying in sports environment has been quite widely discussed in newspapers in Finland during the past years. Many large sport federations have adopted zero-tolerance policy for bullying in sports. At the moment, very useful information in the Finnish language is available on the webpage etoleyksin.fi (You are not alone).  It contains information to sport clubs, parents, and...

Bullying is one of the worst experiences in the person’s life. No matter on which side the person stands: the initiator’s, the bystander’s or the “victim’s”, he or she always experiences negative emotions in this situation. These are fear, despair, pain, hostility, leading to psychological and sometimes even physical self-destruction. It is very important to...