School Violence in the City of Bluefields, RACCS Nicaragua

Abstract

This study has analyzed the manifestations of Bullying, causes and psychological alterations that it causes in the students of Secondary Education of the city of Bluefields. It is based on a quantitative and qualitative approach. The survey was applied to 263 students from a universe of 536, after which the data’s were processed through SPSS 0.17. Two focus groups was also developed with the participation of 14 students, as well as individual interviews with 15 teachers. The information provided was analyzed through the techniques of analysis of content and speech. 

The results have revealed that the schools in the city of Bluefields are not exempt to the problem of bullying. The manifestations of this phenomenon include verbal, psychological and physical aggressions, and in a lesser degree, sexual aggressions. These actions causes emotional alterations to the victims of harassment, such as social isolation, low self-esteem, fear and suicidal ideas, and it also weakens their school performance. The main causes of bullying are domestic violence and discrimination due to their belonging to minority ethnic groups. Regarding the strategies of confrontations that are most used by the students to handle situations of school bullying, they refer to those focused on the resolution and strategies of avoidance.