@article{ref1,
title="Cooperative games as a pedagogical strategy for decreasing bullying in physical education: notable changes in behavior",
journal="Journal of physical education and sport",
year="2017",
author="Oliveira, L.S. and De Oliveira, W.R.F. and Filho, J.J.C. and Borges, C.J. and De Oliveira, G.L. and De Oliveira, T.A.P. and Da Silva, V.F. and Valentim-Silva, J.R.",
volume="17",
number="3",
pages="1054-1060",
abstract="Problem: the bullying have a big prevalence among children around the word, especially in the school. Today, this behavior is associated to depression, low self esteem, and, including suicide, becoming a very important public heath problem. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: to verify whether or not cooperative games are able to reduce bullying in Physical Education classes. Propose: a volunteer group of 240 individuals from two municipal schools in the capital and smaller city of Rondônia was selected, with a mean age of 9.89 + 0.42 years including both sexes. To verify the number of bullying incidents, the researchers observed five classes before and after an experimental intervention based exclusively on cooperative games, for 3 months in Physical Education classes lasting 60 minutes with two classes per week. The statistical treatment was descriptive through the mean and standard deviation and inferential by means of the &quot;student t test&quot; and a sensitivity of 5%. <br><br>RESULTS: occurrences of verbal aggression decreased by 85.7% and physical aggression decreased by 100%. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: cooperative games seem to reduce bullying in Physical Education classes suggesting that the cooperative games may be a strong tool to reduce the bullying. © JPES.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2247-806X",
doi="10.7752/jpes.2017.03162",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2017.03162"
}