The bullying phenomenon: victims point of view

The investigation of the bullying phenomenon in Romanian schools is a topic of small interest among our researchers, being, at the same time, an extremely demanding process due to the general population view that there is no real danger in typical bullying acts. Numerous studies worldwide indicate that there is a strong connection between bullying and some very dangerous social situations for teens: delinquency, drug abuse, depression and even suicide. The articles objectives aim to identify the bullying victim rate in Timis counties schools, the most frequent bullying acts that students experiment as bullying victims and the characteristics of the students that are most likely to become bullying victims. The research, involved quantitative methods (questionnaire based investigation), and it was conducted in representative schools from Timis county, on a representative sample of 998 mid-school and high-school students. The recommendations are adapted to the Romanian realities, comprising concrete and adapted actions for reducing the rate of bullying victims in schools