Abstract

TREVISOL, Maria Teresa Ceron; PEREIRA, Beatriz  and  MATTANA, Patricia. Bullying in adolescence: Causes and behaviors of Portuguese and Brazilian students. Educ. Puc. [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.1, pp.55-72. ISSN 2318-0870.  https://doi.org/10.24220/2318-0870v24n1a4238.

The aim of this article was to analyze the reasons for bullying, how Portuguese and Brazilian students position themselves, and evaluate the school’s action to solve problem. This is an exploratory and quantitative-qualitative research that used a random sample of 235 students, who were attending the last years of elementary school (7th, 8th and 9th grades), aged 13 to 16 years, from two public schools, one from the western Brazilian region of Santa Catarina and one from northern Portuguese region of Minho. A questionnaire was used for the data collection procedure. The answers to the closed questions were tabulated using an online tool (Google Docs) and the open questions were analyzed by the content of the answers. As for the reasons that promote bullying, there was a convergence between the responses of the samples with prevalence to intrapersonal variables. Regarding the perpective of students regarding bullying, the most frequent response of the Brazilian students was that they withdraw and do not get involved with what is happening, whereas the Portuguese sample indicated that they ask the aggressors to stop this type of behavior, which reveals greater empathy and solidarity of the Portuguese sample and may also indicate that the Brazilian students fear being the next victims. Bullying is a serious problem that requires that those involved in the school and family environment of the students take action.

Keywords : Teenager; Bullying; Students; Primary school; Violence.

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