Teachers' attitudes towards the prevalence of bullying and the specific characteristics of victims

Introduction. Bullying is a phenomenon that implies an imbalance of power between peers. It refers to situations where there are repeated verbal and physical attacks, social exclusion, emotional, psychological, sexual abuse one student by another/ other students, the victim did not cause such behavior bully. Objective. The objective this research was determine teachers' attitudes towards representation certain forms bullying specific characteristics victims. Methods. sample consisted 109 teachers from six primary secondary schools in Pirot. A five-point Likert-type evaluation scale, designed for purpose research, used data collection. Results. results show most frequently observed form among students. Also, based on teacher's views, it can be concluded any become bullying, regardless their characteristics. Conclusion. Verbal identified as pronounced while specifics students were singled out risk factor at individual level. Due fact more difficult noticed adults, well possibility peer violence, preventive action school, family, subsystems important upbringing education children great importance preventing phenomenon.