BULLYING: A VIOLENCE BEHAVIOR IN THE SCHOOL, ITS INTERFERENCE IN THE LEARNING PROCESS AND THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY IN THE SOLUTION OF CONFLICTS

Abstract

Bullying consists of a set of intentional and repeated violent attitudes by one or more aggressors against their victims. It is normally practiced in schools by people of both genders to intentionally harm a person or a group of persons who in the aggressors´ opinion are weak people and do not “fit” in the milieu in which they are inserted. Bullying has been a concern in contemporary society due to the high number of cases producing horrible scenes in school. The victims of bullying may develop different psychic or physical diseases due to violence, which may impair school performance through low concentration, lack of interest in studies, learning difficulties, causing exclusion, school truancy or quittance due to the student´s fixation that the school is a place of torture and segregation. School administration should acknowledge what happens to the students and pinpoints the factors that interfere in learning. In fact, bullying is a determinant with regard to decrease in school performance. Violence is a problem within the conviviality of students in the school and it may go beyond its boundaries. Consequently, it must be perceived and attacked systematically. Further, parents have an important role in its solution. The paper deals with bullying within the school and its interference in the learning process, coupled to the family´s role for the solution of the problem.