Bullying

: agressão e vitimização em contexto escolar : repercussão ao nível da autoestima e da depressão

Abstract

The school bullying is a practice of peer aggression and victimization that leaves serious consequences on the victims. This practice can be at verbal, physical or psychological level. The goal of this research is to detect the impact that bullying causes in the victims and the damage on self-esteem, leading the child to depression. This study is a quantitative plan research, of correlational nature. Respect to groups and time points, the study is cross-sectional. To choose students to inquire the sampling method used was probabilistic stratified. The sample consists of 400 students from the 2nd and 3rd cycle, aged between 11 and 15 years, of the General Serpa Pinto School in Cinfães. The instruments used were the Aggression among School Children in Space, Self-Esteem Rosenberg Scale and Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). It was found that the subjects of bullying victims have low self-esteem, depression, are mostly female and belong to a lower social stratum. The bullying prevention in these age groups is an urgent public health as it affects the development of these children.

Date of Award	12 Feb 2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Eleonora C. V. Costa (Supervisor)