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Pediatría Atención Primaria
Print version ISSN 1139-7632
Abstract
ALONSO MONTEJO, Mª Mar; ZAMORANO GONZALEZ, Eduardo and LEDESMA ALBARRAN, Juana Mª. What do our elementary school children know about bullying?. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.82, pp.121-129. Epub Oct 14, 2019. ISSN 1139-7632.
Background
Bullying is an emergent problem that is growing in importance on account of its increasing prevalence and its impact on the children that experience it (health, academic or psychosocial problems).
Objectives
To analyse and determine the different characteristics of victims and bullies, explore their health problems, identify the characteristics of cyberbullying and assess the effectiveness of interventions targeting students for the prevention of bullying.
Materials and methods
The sample included 65 students (59.4% female, 21.9% victims and 17.2% bullies), that completed a validated questionnaire about school bullying. We used a pre-test, post-intervention study and established intervention and control groups.
Results
We found differences between victims and non-victims in academic problems, the location of the computer in the habitual residence of the child and in feelings of sadness. We found that 12.5% of surveyed students reported having witnessed cyberbullying in the past 2 months. We found differences between the pre-test and post-test periods in several variables (ignoring, badmouthing, hitting, hiding belongings). Lastly, we found significant differences between the intervention and the control groups in the stealing of belongings.
Conclusions
In conclusion, our findings corroborated the importance of the early detection of school bullying and the need to implement interventions to decrease its prevalence.
Keywords : Anxiety; Depression; Bullying; Somatic symptom disorders.