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

Authors

  • Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo
  • Marta Angélica Iossi Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo
  • Flávia Carvalho Malta de Mello Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo
  • Denise Lopes Porto Ministério da Saúde; Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde; Ministério da Saúde
  • Andréa Cristina Mariano Yoshinaga Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo
  • Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Escola de Enfermagem; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0022.2552

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.

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2015-04-01

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2015)

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The causes of bullying: results from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE) . (2015). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(2), 275-282. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0022.2552