TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The causes of bullying: results from the National Survey of School Health (PeNSE)
JO  - Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
A1  - Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio de
A1  - Silva, Marta Angelica Iossi
A1  - Mello, Flavia Carvalho Malta de
A1  - Porto, Denise Lopes
A1  - Yoshinaga, Andréa Cristina Mariano
A1  - Malta, Deborah Carvalho
SP  - 0
EP  - 0
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0104-1169
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0022.2552
ID  - ref1
ER  -