Abstract

CANO-ECHEVERRI, Margarita María  and  VARGAS-GONZALEZ, Jorge Enrique. What is bullying. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2018, vol.24, n.1, pp.61-63. ISSN 0122-0667.

Abstract: bullying is, in essence, deliberate violence or mistreatment of one or more students over another student (violence or mistreatment of peers), which is done in a systematic and persistent manner and creates an imbalance of power in which the conditions of aggressor and victim. Aggressors generally seek the recognition of others, either out of admiration or out of fear. The victims suffer humiliation and harm, and feel despised and vulnerable to others. Observers always have a relevant role that can be negative, proactive or neutral. Bullying can be presented in different modalities, among which the physical, verbal, relational and psychological stand out. All of them produce negative effects of different intensity on the victim. Bullying presents itself in different spaces whose differentiation is relevant to understand its modalities and the responsibilities for its prevention and control. Such spaces can be in-school, external to the school and even social networks

Keywords : school; Bullying; aggression; hostility; violence; school harassment.

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