Análise do bullying escolar sob o enfoque da psicologia histórico-cultural

Abstract

The research aimed to analyze through the Historical-Cultural Psychology, perceptions that six students from 9th grade of two public schools, one medium-sized city in the state of São Paulo, have about bullying, and strategies of coping indicated by them. Students were identified through the Scan-Bullying as possible perpetrators, victims and bystanders of bullying. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were conducted. This procedure was used to generate reflections on the field, aligned to the epistemological framework of the research. The findings indicate that, although most students perceive the presence of bullying within the school context, their perceptions and strategies proposed to deal with instances of bullying are reductionist and do not focus on the source of the problem. Thus, there is no recognition of cultural and social determinants in the manifestations of bullying.