In this study, the causes and symptoms of being against the family, social norms, and the order of life in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 16, which is the transition from childhood to adulthood, and bullying behaviour and depression were examined. in the study, it was aimed to evaluate the relationship between the aforementioned situations seen in adolescents and the attitudes of mothers and fathers

In this study, the causes and symptoms of being against the family, social norms, and the order of life in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 16, which is the transition from childhood to adulthood, and bullying behaviour and depression were examined. In the study, it was aimed to evaluate the relationship between the aforementioned situations seen in adolescents and the attitudes of mothers and fathers. Within the scope of the study, a questionnaire study was conducted with 202 adolescents between the ages of 12-16. The data obtained from the study were analysed with SPSS 22.0 (Statistical Program for Social Sciences) quantitative analysis programme. As a result of the study, 13-year-olds had higher averages of verbal bullying, recreational bullying, emotional bullying, mother protective-demanding attitude and father protective-demanding attitude; boys had higher averages of verbal bullying, recreational bullying, emotional bullying and father authoritarian attitude; Those with an income between 0-11400 TL had higher scores on the Kutcher adolescent depression scale, and there was a moderately significant positive relationship between bullying and depression, bullying and oppositional defiant disorder symptom level, and a moderately significant positive relationship between depression and oppositional defiant disorder symptom level. As a result of the study, it was determined that depression was associated with bullying and oppositional behaviour, so it is necessary to increase the treatment and studies on these problems.