Factors associated with the presence of bullying in secondary school students of a state school in the district of El Porvenir, Peru

• Autores: Solar-Armas, Mary Ann, Gutiérrez-Crespo, Hugo, Ruiz-Arias, Raúl Alberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Sociedad Materno Fetal
• Repositorio: Revista Internacional de Salud Materno Fetal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.ojs.revistamaternofetal.com:article/83
• Enlace del recurso: http://ojs.revistamaternofetal.com/index.php/RISMF/article/view/83
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Bullying; Intimidación; Adolescentes

Objectives: Identify the factors associated with the presence of bullying in secondary school students of a state  school in the district of El Porvenir, Peru. Material  and  methods: This  descriptive, cross-sectional study with an observational  design  was carried out using a self-applicable  survey.  The  population  was composed of 1,069 students from the 1st to the 5th year of secondary school. The sample was probabilistic and  stratified, designed to be  representative and give reliable estimates about the problem and included 318 male and female students enrolled during 2013. The instrument used was the questionnaire developed and validated by the Technical Team of the National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs – DEVIDA, based on a standardizeddevice proposed by SIDUC/CICAD. In the first stage, a bivariate analysis was performed using a test of independence between variables (Chi-square test of independence), with a level of significance of 0,05. Results: 47% of the students had experienced bullying situations during the last year. 42% were sporadic victims (mild to moderate bullying), and 5% were persistent victims of harassment (severe to intense). The relevant risk factors (p˂0,05) for the victims were sex (males, 61,3%) and the year of studies (third year, 61,4%). The most frequent types of bullying are verbal aggression (52%), psychological aggression (38%) and physical aggression (31%). Conclusion: The study reveals that the risk factors for the presence  of  bullying  in  school  are related tosex and the year of studies, although there are other usual factors to be victims of bullying, such as the community environment, the family nucleus, having a disability, identifying with a cultural group; they are not significantly associated with their presence