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Anales de Psicología
versión On-line ISSN 1695-2294versión impresa ISSN 0212-9728
Resumen
SIDERA, Francesc; SERRAT, Elisabet; BRUGUES, Glòria y ROSTAN, Carles. Am I a bully? Relationship between aggressive behaviors and self-admission of being a bully in primary school children. Anal. Psicol. [online]. 2023, vol.39, n.2, pp.231-238. Epub 04-Mar-2024. ISSN 1695-2294. https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.507201.
The present research focuses on the self-admission of being a bully in primary school children who bully, and studies it in relation to sex, educational stage and type of bullying behavior. Our objective was to understand better the relationship between aggressive behaviors and bullying self-admission. We hypothesized aggressive behaviors would be related to bullying self-admission. A total of 4646 primary school students aged from 7 to 12 years participated in this correlational study. The EBIPQ questionnaire was administered to evaluate children's aggressive behaviors, whereas bullying self-admission was evaluated through a direct question. From the total of participants, 14.9 % were considered bullies, and 4.4 % frequent bullies, according to their responses to the EBIPQ. Among bullies, 21.4 % admitted having bullied others, and this percentage increased to 32 % for frequent bullies. Self-admission of being a bully was independent of sex and educational stage. On the other hand, some aggressive behaviors were more associated than others to self-admission of being a bully. Results suggest reluctance in children to consider themselves as bullies, especially in some types of aggressive behaviors. Finally, we discuss the need to study further the factors influencing the self-admission of being a bully.
Palabras clave : Bully; Bullying; Self-admission; Children; Primary school.