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The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences
This exploratory and cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of bullying in a group of students and analyze the data regarding the gender of those involved in the violence. A questionnaire adapted from Olweus was applied in seven elementary education schools in Portugal. The sample co...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24317387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10126820 |
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author | Silva, Marta Angélica Iossi Pereira, Beatriz Mendonça, Denisa Nunes, Berta de Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio |
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description | This exploratory and cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of bullying in a group of students and analyze the data regarding the gender of those involved in the violence. A questionnaire adapted from Olweus was applied in seven elementary education schools in Portugal. The sample consisted of 387 students between 7 and 14 years old. Data are presented in terms of descriptive statistics and differences between proportions were analyzed using chi-square tests. The gender analysis of victimization and aggression shows that boys and girls are both victims and aggressors, and there are significant differences in involvement in bullying between genders and the roles played. Boys are victims more often when considering different types of bullying, although significant differences were only found for physical aggression. Strategies that include gender roles are a priority for prevention and careful attention to this phenomenon in the school context. The questions addressed contribute to a broader understanding of the phenomenon, emphasizing the differential participation of boys and girls in bullying. |
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spelling | pubmed-38811432014-01-06 The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences Silva, Marta Angélica Iossi Pereira, Beatriz Mendonça, Denisa Nunes, Berta de Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This exploratory and cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of bullying in a group of students and analyze the data regarding the gender of those involved in the violence. A questionnaire adapted from Olweus was applied in seven elementary education schools in Portugal. The sample consisted of 387 students between 7 and 14 years old. Data are presented in terms of descriptive statistics and differences between proportions were analyzed using chi-square tests. The gender analysis of victimization and aggression shows that boys and girls are both victims and aggressors, and there are significant differences in involvement in bullying between genders and the roles played. Boys are victims more often when considering different types of bullying, although significant differences were only found for physical aggression. Strategies that include gender roles are a priority for prevention and careful attention to this phenomenon in the school context. The questions addressed contribute to a broader understanding of the phenomenon, emphasizing the differential participation of boys and girls in bullying. MDPI 2013-12-05 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3881143/ /pubmed/24317387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10126820 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Silva, Marta Angélica Iossi Pereira, Beatriz Mendonça, Denisa Nunes, Berta de Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences |
title | The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences |
title_full | The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences |
title_fullStr | The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences |
title_full_unstemmed | The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences |
title_short | The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences |
title_sort | involvement of girls and boys with bullying: an analysis of gender differences |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24317387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10126820 |
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