Bullying in secondary national schools of Peru

Authors

  • M. Oliveros Programa de Capacitación para la atención integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia UNMSM
  • L Figueroa Programa de Capacitación para la atención integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia UNMSM
  • G. Mayorga Programa de Capacitación para la atención integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia UNMSM
  • G. Cano Programa de Capacitación para la atención integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia UNMSM
  • Y. Quispe Programa de Capacitación para la atención integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia UNMSM
  • A. Barrientos Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño. Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61651/rped.2009v62n2p68-78

Keywords:

Bullying, Schools, Violence, Peru

Abstract

Objective: To know the frequency of bullying in national schools in the three peruvian regions where has existed political violence, and determine the associated risk factors.
Methods: cross section study, analytic, about bullying in national schools of five departments Ayacucho (Huamanga), Cusco (Sicuani), Junín (Satipo), Huancavelica and Lima (Ñaña). After determine the sample size of students in each school and the
aleatory election of the classrooms a questionnaire validated previously was used, and we did a survey in 1633 students. Statistically We look for percentages, associations, logistic regression measures and build a R.O.C curve.
Results: The incidente of bullying was in average 50,7% The variables significant associated with bullying in the logistic regression were nicknames, beats, no communication, homosexual insult, physical defect, work need, medical attendance,
pursue, spitted, forced to do thing than they didn´t want, discrimination and e- mail inssult.
Conclussions: The bullying has multicausal origin, give health problems, scholar phobia, and at long time the prognosis for victims and agressors is negative and they could be involved in problems with the law.

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Published

2009-12-31

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Oliveros M, Figueroa L, Mayorga G, Cano G, Quispe Y, Barrientos A. Bullying in secondary national schools of Peru. Rev Peru Pediatr [Internet]. 2009 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 16];62(2):68-7. Available from: https://pediatria.pe/index.php/pedperu/article/view/372

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Vol. 62 Num. 2 (2009)

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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