Prevalência do bullying sofrido por escolares do município de Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brasil

Abstract

The bullying phenomenon is characterized by repetitive acts of oppression, tyranny, aggression and domination of people or groups of people or groups, subjugated by the force of the first. It is practiced by individuals brave and bullies (bullies) that pejoratively termed colleagues, speak evil, and do terrorize their peers suffer, ignore and reject school rules, threaten, attack, steal, insult, humiliate, discriminate, intimidate or break belongings colleagues, among other destructive actions. This research aimed to identify the prevalence of bullying among middle school students from public schools and private schools in Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive-analytical study carried out in 19 schools, with 877 high school students. The results showed a prevalence of 17,1% of bullying among students. Of these, 9,2% reported that they suffered intimidation, assault or harassment at least once, and the classroom environment the main rally of 15,4%. About the characteristic of the offender, at 10.6% the violence was perpetrated by students of their own class of victims, taking them the same age as the students assaulted (13,7%) and 4,1% being older. There was an association between the presence of bullying variables and economic status, number of failures and zone location of the school, with 4,0, 1,2 and 1,3 more likely to suffer bullying, respectively. After analyzing the results it was concluded that bullying is present in the high schools of the city of Porto Velho, and its incidence / prevalence consistent with other studies conducted in the country and the world. It is considered crucial intervene before the phenomenon, as soon as identified and with the participation of parents, teachers, health professionals, community and other sectors of society, working for no occurrence.