Aggressive and bullying from the perspective of, physical activity, place of residence and sex behavior among adolescents in Granada

Abstract

In this research the aim was to analyze and establish the rates of victimization, bullying and violent conduct and its possible relationship to gender, habitual residence and Physical Activity Practice among teens from13-17 years of Granada (Spain).

The participation of a total of 2, 273 adolescents allowed the registration and evaluation of Victimization (Scale  Victimization at School), Violent Conduct (measured with the scale of violent conduct at the School), Bullying, Gender, Place of residence and  Physical Activity practice variables.

The results showed that adolescents in over half of the cases indicated that without being perpetrators themselves had witnessed cases of bullying, also found that levels of aggressiveness (Manifest and Relational) were similar, while the verbal victimization was more usual. It was also found that young teenagers residing outside the family context were bullies and had suffered further harassment and had higher rates of aggressiveness and victimization.

The practice of physical activity was more frequent in males, and these were characterized by greater manifestation of aggressiveness and a higher rate of physical victimization, existing more stalkers among men and still more witnesses to these violent events, while the girls suffered more and perceived less bullying situations. It could be indicated as a main recommendation the need to further explore the physically active population to try to elucidate the casuistry of these results.