Bullying: incidence of peer violence in the schools of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

• Autores: Maite Garaigordobil Landazabal, José Antonio Oñederra
• Localización: International journal of psychology and psychological therapy, ISSN 1577-7057, Vol. 8, Nº. 1, 2008, págs. 51-62
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The purpose of the study was to carry out an epidemiological analysis of bullying in the students of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The study analyzes some characteristics, the incidence, and types of peer violence, as well as the bullying rate or percentage of victimization. Epidemiological methodology was used with a representative sample of 5,983 participants from 5th and 6th grades of Primary Education (10-12 years) and from Compulsory Secondary Education (12-16 years) distributed in 169 centers. In order to measure the variables of interest, two assessment instruments were administered:

    the School Violence Questionnaire: Peer Maltreatment in Compulsory Secondary Education, and The Checklist My Life at School. The most noteworthy results confirm that the great majority of the students feel well treated by their classmates. The bullying rate obtained is 5.8% of victims in Primary Education and 3.8% in Secondary Education. As the students grow older, intimidating behavior decreases. The most frequent aggression is verbal aggression and the place where most aggressions occur is in the schoolyard. The aggressor is predominantly male, from the same class as the victim, and most of the aggressions are carried out in an exclusively male group.