Abstract

GARAIGORDOBIL, Maite; MARTINEZ-VALDERREY, Vanesa; PAEZ, Darío  and  CARDOZO, Griselda. Bullying and Cyberbullying: Differences between Public-Private and Religious-Secular Schools. Pensam. psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.13, n.1, pp.39-52. ISSN 1657-8961.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javerianacali.PPSI13-1.bcdc.

Objective. The purpose of the study was to analyze the differences in presential bullying and cyberbullying between public-private and religious-secular schools. Method. Participants were 3,026 adolescents from the Basque Country (Spain), aged between 12 and 18 years, (48.5% males and 51.5% females). The Cyberbullying Test (Garaigordobil, 2013) was administered to assess "face-to-face" bullying and cyberbullying. The investigation used a descriptive and comparative cross-sectional design. Results. The results showed: (a) in bullying, the quantity of behaviors suffered, carried out, and observed is similar in public and private centers; in cyberbullying, the quantity of behaviors suffered and carried out is similar, but a greater number of behaviors is observed in private centers; (b) in bullying, the percentage of victims, aggressors, and observers was similar in public and private centers; in cyber-bullying, the percentage of cyber-victims and cyber-aggressors was similar, but the percentage of cyber-observers was higher in private centers; (c) the quantity of bullying and cyberbullying behaviors suffered by victims and carried out by aggressors was similar in religious and secular centers, but in religious centers, more bullying and cyberbullying behaviors were observed; and (d) in bullying, a higher percentage of aggressors and observers was found in religious centers, but the percentage of victims of bullying, cyber-victims, cyber-aggressors, and cyber-observers was similar in religious and secular schools. Conclusion. The debate focuses on the presence of bullying in all the schools, independently of their socioeconomic level and religious orientation.

Keywords : Bullying, cyber-bullying; religious bullying; adolescence; youth.

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