The causes of bullying: results from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)

Abstract

Objective: to identify the characteristics and reasons reported by Brazilian students for school bullying. Method: this cross-sectional study uses data from an epidemiological survey (National Survey of School Health) conducted in 2012. A total of 109,104 9th grade students from private and public schools participated. Data were collected through a self-applied questionnaire and the analysis was performed using SPSS, version 20, Complex Samples Module. Results: the prevalence of bullying was 7.2%, most frequently affecting Afro-descendant or indigenous younger boys, whose mothers were characterized by low levels of education. In regard to the reasons/causes of bullying, 51.2% did not specify; the second highest frequency of victimization was related to body appearance (18.6%); followed by facial appearance (16.2%); race/color (6.8%); sexual orientation 2.9%; religion 2.5%; and region of origin 1.7%. The results are similar to those found in other sociocultural contexts. Conclusion: the problem belongs to the health field because it gathers aspects that determine the students' health-disease-care continuum.

Academic performance and bullying in socially vulnerable students

“…And they confirm the indications that bullying is a public health problem because of its high prevalence and the damage it causes to the healthy development and psychosocial well-being of children and adolescents. 5 Identifying different forms of manifestation of violence against children and adolescents and how they affect their lives is essential to providing care. Thus, the results obtained in this study can help in the development of intervention programmes linked to health promotion strategies and the completeness of the care at school, in the perspective of an emancipatory model, which seeks the empowerment and participation of the subjects involved.…”

“…In 2009, another national investigation identified its widespread occurrence, especially with regard to the testimony of those involved in bullying situations, since 70% of a group of 5,168 students reported having witnessed scenes of this phenomenon among their peers 4 . In 2012, the National Survey of School Health (NSSH) in its second edition, carried out a survey, with a sample of 109,104 students from public and private schools in the 27 Brazilian States, that mapped the phenomenon today, revealing that 7.2% of students were victims of bullying and 20.8% were bullies 5 . As can be noticed, the prevalence data indicate that bullying is a problematic concern.…”

Social Rejection, One More Form Of Violence In School

“…The expressed justifies studying a subject such as violence. The occurrence of cases of harassment in schools puts into question not only the type of relations between the main actors and the environment of harmony that must dwell in it, but also the conception of educational quality (Arias, 2014;Oliveira et al, 2015). The problem can be aggravated because frequently, before these acts, the silence and the indifference of the administrative staff and of the entire educational community prevails (Ramírez-López & Arcila-Rodríguez, 2013).…”

Intervenciones antibullying desarrolladas por enfermeros: revisión integradora de la literatura

“…Estudios recientes demuestran que las víctimas se encuentran en riesgo de depresión, ideación suicida, ansiedad, psicosis, bajo rendimiento escolar y suicidio (2)(3)(4) . Algunas posibles causas de la victimización son diferencias en la apariencia física (color de la piel, exceso de peso, delgadez) o alguna deficiencia, por ejemplo, bajo nivel socioeconómico, dificultades de aprendizaje o habilidades sociales poco desarrolladas (5)(6) . Cuestiones relacionadas al desarrollo moral, a la empatía y a las dinámicas de relación basadas en la discriminación también están asociadas a la ocurrencia de bullying (7)(8) .…”