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Inmaculada Sánchez-Queija1, Irene García-Moya2, Carmen Moreno2
1Departamento Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad Ciencias Educación, Universidad de Sevilla (Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Seville), c/Pirotecnia, s/n 41013, Seville, Spain.
Background:
We analyze trends in bullying victimization prevalence in a representative sample of Spanish adolescent schoolchildren in 2006, 2010, and 2014.
Methods:
We distinguish between reported bullying, which is assessed via the global question in the Revised Bully/Victim Questionnaire by Olweus, and observed bullying, which is a measure developed from the answers that the adolescents gave to specific items that refer to different types of bullying that have been codified as physical, verbal, and relational bullying.
Results:
For 2006 and 2010/2014, the results show stability in the assessment of reported bullying and an increase in observed bullying, analyzed both globally and within the 3 categories: physical, verbal, and relational.
Conclusions:
A valid, reliable, and accurate measure to detect cases of bullying is necessary, as is the importance of continuing efforts devoted to raising awareness and the prevention of this phenomenon.
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