Resumen de Descriptive study of victimization and bullying behaviour in adolescents: comparison between Physical Education classes and the general educational context
Juan de Dios Benítez Sillero, Javier Murillo Moraño, José Manuel Armada Crespo, Francisco Córdoba Alcaide
Several studies point to Physical Education as a suitable subject for the prevention of bullying. Purpose: The present study aims to identify and analyse the perpetration and victimisation which occur at a general level and in Physical Education in Secondary Education. Method: The study was conducted with 1,352 students from public schools. Results: The analysis of the results shows differences in victimisation; with direct and verbal violence in the general context and insults and exclusion in Physical Education; and perpetration; with direct and verbal violence in the general context and insults and hitting in Physical Education. There is a lower occurrence of bullying among older students and differences in the type of bullying according to gender, among girls and boys. Conclusion: Victimisation and perpetration behaviours are reproduced in a similar way in the general educational context and in the specific context of Physical Education.
