Prevalence of School Bullying at State Schools in Bucaramanga city, Colombia

Authors

  • Omar Elías Torrado Duarte Universidad Industrial de Santander Author
  • Yolima Ivonne Beltrán Villamizar Author
  • Carlos Guillermo Vargas Beltrán Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18634/sophiaj.12v.2i.233

Keywords:

Organization change, secondary education, education policy, government policy, education sciences

Abstract

The objective of this article is to determine the prevalence of bullying present in public educational institutions in Bucaramanga - Colombia through a cross- cutting quantitative research and a non- experimental design. The sample consisted of 1776 students ( 48.9 % female and 50.5 % male ) belonging to grades 4 to 11th . The study was conducted in three phases: characterization of public educational institutions Bucaramanga ; random selection of school groups on which the information was collected ; data collection and analysis . The results show a 8.1% prevalence of victimization in the case of bullying committed personally and 5% to bullying conducted through virtual means.

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Published

2016-07-05

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Research Articles

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How to Cite

Torrado Duarte, O. E., Beltrán Villamizar, Y. I., & Vargas Beltrán, C. G. (2016). Prevalence of School Bullying at State Schools in Bucaramanga city, Colombia. Sophia, 12(2), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.18634/sophiaj.12v.2i.233