Bullying in Primary Education and Secondary Education in Badajoz: A risk factor analysis

Abstract

In the period of the transition from Primary to Compulsory Secondary Education is where most cases of bullying occur throughout the Spanish geography. It is very important to detect this problem quickly to analyse it and eradicate it from schools. This study has been aimed at identifying the forms of violence occurring in classrooms, and analysing the perception of bullying for each of the forms of violence received and observed based on the characteristics of Primary Ed. and ESO students in the city of Badajoz. For this purpose, 1093 students from 6th Ed. Primary and 1st Compulsory Secondary Education of 19 schools between 11 and 14 years old participated. The instrument used has been the Daily School Violence Questionnaire (CUVECO). Among the most noteworthy conclusions we can say that in Badajoz there are some cases of bullying with high scores, girls see more bullying, boys receive more verbal violence, observed violence predominates in ESO and as age increases the student changes verbal violence by physical violence.