Estrategias de afrontamiento ante bullying en escolares de 9 a 11 años de Cuenca

Abstract

The following investigation aimed to correlate the coping strategies that schoolchildren employ when faced with bullying, with sociodemographic data as age, sex, family typology, disability and role within this dynamic. To do this, a quantitative and cross-sectional study was proposed, of a non-experimental modality and a correlational scope. The population was constituted by 105 schoolchildren from 9 to 11 years of the Educational Unit "Zoila Aurora Palacios" of the city of Cuenca, to whom a sociodemographic record was applied, the EBIP-Q questionnaire, used to identify them in the role of victim or victimized aggressor, and finally the Brief-COPE questionnaire, which determined the use of different coping strategies by boys and girls. Among the main findings, there is agreement with international studies regarding the generalized preference for the use of coping strategies focused on the problem, mainly active coping and socio-emotional support. It was identified that the population uses in a reduced way the coping strategies presented in the questionnaire, there being statistically significant differences in the correlation with certain categories: in terms of age, there is an important difference between the incidences of the Self-Discipline and Mood strategies, they increase in frequency according to the age of the people involved. Based on the sex variable, there was a disparity between positive reinterpretation, planning and behavioral untying, which were found in the problem, where men show higher incidence compared to female students. Finally, according to the role that children fulfill as victims or victimized aggressors, greater inequality was found between Self-management, Expression of negative emotions, Behavioral dissociation and Negation, appearing with greater degree in those who participate as aggressors-victimized