A perceção das testemunhas de bullying acerca deste fenómeno durante a pandemia do Covid19 : um estudo em Portugal e Espanha

Abstract

As stakeholders in the phenomenon of bullying, the witnesses, although less studied, play an important role in the dynamics of this issue, which is expected to be positive, both during and after its development. This cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative study aims to assess the perceptions of bullying witnesses about this phenomenon during the Covid19 pandemic. It was carried out with a sample composed of 376 students from public schools in Portugal and Spain (from two cities near the Portugal-Spain border), 253 from Portugal and 123 from Spain, respectively, and of both genders. The age ranged from 10 to 16 years. In addition to literature research, the methodology used was based on the bullying-specific questionnaire survey used in the research of Gonçalves and Vaz (2020) made available on GoogleForms in Portugal, printed and sent for paper application in Spain. The results show that during the Covid19 pandemic, both in Portugal and Spain the respondents experienced, directly or indirectly, some situation of school bullying. Although the majority did not experience bullying situations, either as victims, aggressors, or witnesses, it was found, however, that those who experienced them as witnesses were in greater numbers than as victims or aggressors.