@article{ref1,
title="The causes of bullying: results from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)",
journal="Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem",
year="2015",
author="Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio de and Silva, Marta Angelica Iossi and Mello, Flavia Carvalho Malta de and Porto, Denise Lopes and Yoshinaga, Andréa Cristina Mariano and Malta, Deborah Carvalho",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="0-0",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: to identify the characteristics and reasons reported by Brazilian students for school bullying. <br><br>METHOD: this cross-sectional study uses data from an epidemiological survey (National Survey of School Health) conducted in 2012. A total of 109,104 9th grade students from private and public schools participated. Data were collected through a self-applied questionnaire and the analysis was performed using SPSS, version 20, Complex Samples Module. <br><br>RESULTS: the prevalence of bullying was 7.2%, most frequently affecting Afro-descendant or indigenous younger boys, whose mothers were characterized by low levels of education. In regard to the reasons/causes of bullying, 51.2% did not specify; the second highest frequency of victimization was related to body appearance (18.6%); followed by facial appearance (16.2%); race/color (6.8%); sexual orientation 2.9%; religion 2.5%; and region of origin 1.7%. The results are similar to those found in other sociocultural contexts. <br><br>CONCLUSION: the problem belongs to the health field because it gathers aspects that determine the students' health-disease-care continuum.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0104-1169",
doi="10.1590/0104-1169.0022.2552",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0022.2552"
}