BULLYING IN AN AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF MEXICO

• Main Authors: Rosalva Ruíz-Ramírez, Emma Zapata-Martelo, José Luis García-Cué, Antonia Pérez-Olvera, Beatriz Martínez-Corona, Gustavo Rojo-Martínez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México 2016-01-01
• Series: Ra Ximhai
• Subjects: bullying; high school; student profile
• Online Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_QQ0W8TI5aceC1LXzV4cFJFMWs/view

This investigation analyzes bullying in a high school belonging to an agrarian university in the municipal area of Texcoco, State of Mexico. The profile of the students that attend this agrarian high school was analyzed, the impact of bullying on education is explained, along with the risk factors and their consequences, a phenomenon which is very scarcely documented in formative spaces of high school studies, and particularly absent in investigations from agrarian institutions in Mexico. A quantitative investigation was proposed containing a sample of 112 students. In order to collect data, a questionnaire was used, and the information was analyzed using univariate descriptive statistics and Spearman’s correlation analysis. Out of all the interviewees, 99.1% claimed there is bullying in the agrarian high school and mentioned that the main cause is the lack of values among students, who discriminate their classmates; due to gender stereotypes, it is men who are mainly in the triangle of bullying as attackers, victims, or observers. The analysis of bullying in the agrarian high school helped to know the profile of the students who are vulnerable to become victims, attackers, or observers of bullying: they are not friendly or tolerant, they partake in pranks, they are violent, aggressive, jealous, restless, and they feel uncomfortable in the presence of homosexual or transgender people.