Bullying: Prevalence and factors associated with vitimization and aggression in the school quotidian

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the prevalence of bullying victimization and aggression and the typologies associated with the sociodemographic factors and risk behaviors in students. Method: cross-sectional study, developed in municipal schools of elementary education in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, with the sample being comprised of 678 adolescents enrolled in the 6th to 9th school years. The data were processed using the statistical school program Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, considering a significance level of 5% and a confidence interval of 95% for carrying out the Person’s chi-squared test. Results: the prevalence of bullying victimization reached 29.5%, with a predominance of psychological bullying, 23.3%, with the majority involved being male. Regarding the practice of bullying, 8.4% of the students said they practiced bullying against their peers. Conclusion: an association between bullying aggressors and risk behavior in school was observed.