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2020-09-03

Bullying, acoso escolar. Definición, prevalencia y propuestas de actuación

Bullying. Definition, prevalence and action proposals

Bullying, assédio escolar. Definição, prevalência e propostas de aç ão

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15332/27113833.6116
Miguel Urra Canales
Francisco Reyes Torres

Resumen (es)

A través de más de 100 referencias bibliográficas, de distintos países y en distintos idiomas, este artículo pretende 1) clarificar la definición de bullying y de acoso escolar; 2) abordar los roles que tienen lugar en el mismo (acosado, acosador, grupo de iguales, escuela, familia y sociedad/políticos/medios de comunicación); 3) presentar datos de la prevalencia del acoso escolar en distintos países y en distintos entornos culturales y, por último, 4) ofrecer un resumen de las propuestas de actuación generales en las que parecen coincidir todos los expertos sobre el tema.

Palabras clave (es): acoso escolar, bullying, prevalencia, propuestas, roles

Resumen (en)

Through more than 100 bibliographic references, from different countries and in different languages, this article aims to 1) clarify the definition of bullying; 2) address the roles that take place in it (harassed, harasser, peer group, school, family and society / political / media); 3) present data on the prevalence of bullying in different countries and in different cultural environments and, finally, 4) provide a summary of the general action proposals in which all the experts on the subject seem to agree.

Palabras clave (en): Bullying, school bullying, roles, prevalence, proposals

Resumen (pt)

Através de mais de cem referências bibliográficas, de diferentes países e em diferentes linguas, este artigo tem como objetivo: 1) esclarecer a definição de bullyinge “assédio escolar”; 2) abordar os papéis que ocorrem neste fenômeno (intimidado, assediador, grupo de pa-res, escola, família e sociedade/políticos/meios de co-municação); 3) apresentar dados sobre a prevalência do assédio escolar em diferentes países e em diferentes contextos culturais; e, no final, 4) oferecer um resu-mo das propostas gerais de ação com as quais todos os especialistas no assunto parecem concordar.

Palabras clave (pt): assédio escolar, bullying, Prevalência, propostas, papéis
Miguel Urra Canales, Universidad Santo Tomás

Español. Trabajador Social y Sociólogo de la Universidad de Comillas. Ph. D. en Ciencias Humanas y Sociales de la misma universidad. Docente de la Facultad de Sociología de la Universidad Santo Tomás (Bogotá, Colombia), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-7220 CvLAc: https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001438458 Google académico: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZASiAfwAAAAJ&hl=es Mail: dec.sociologia@usantotomas.edu.co

Francisco Reyes Torres, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

A través de más de 100 referencias bibliográficas, de distintos países y en distintos idiomas, este artículo pretende 1) clarificar la definición de bullying y de acoso escolar; 2) abordar los roles que tienen lugar en el mismo (acosado, acosador, grupo de iguales, escuela, familia y sociedad/políticos/medios de comunicación); 3) presentar datos de la prevalencia del acoso escolar en distintos países y en distintos entornos culturales y, por último, 4) ofrecer un resumen de las propuestas de actuación generales en las que parecen coincidir todos los expertos sobre el tema.

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Cómo citar

Urra Canales, M. ., & Reyes Torres, F. . (2020). Bullying, acoso escolar. Definición, prevalencia y propuestas de actuación. Episteme. Revista De Estudios Socioterritoriales, 11(2), 107-128. https://doi.org/10.15332/27113833.6116