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| Author(s): |
Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2017-06-09 |
| Examining board members: |
Marta Angélica Iossi Silva;
Maria das Graças Bomfim de Carvalho;
Miyeko Hayashida;
Rosimar Alves Querino;
Manoel Antonio dos Santos
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| Advisor: | Marta Angélica Iossi Silva; Simona Carla Silvia Caravita |
| Abstract | |
This study\'s research objects were school bullying and family interactions. Bullying is a type of violence considered to be a public health problem and family interactions are characterized by parental practices, behaviors and feelings. The objective was to analyze and understand the relationship between the quality of adolescents\' family interactions and their involvement in school bullying from their own students\' perspective. A total of 2,354 primary and middle school students (girls = 50.7%; average age = 14.5 years old, SD = 2.0 years) from 11 public schools from Uberaba, MG, Brazil participated in the study. Methodological triangulation was adopted and data were collected using two scales (bullying and family interactions), in addition to semi-structured interviews. Data analysis procedures included: descriptive statistical analysis; ANOVA to check for differences and similarities among the means obtained by the groups involved in bullying in regard to nine dimensions of quality of family interaction; and logistic regression to assess the predictive or protective power of family variables in regard to school bullying. Interviews were analyzed using content thematic analysis through Atlas.TI. From this process emerged three thematic categories: 1) Inter-relationships and the influence of families on what happen at the school; 2) Family as a space for ethical and moral development; 3) Synergies and family and school-based coping. The theoretical- methodological framework adopted was the Bronfenbrenner\'s bio-ecological development theory. The results reveal a prevalence of 10.3% of bullies, 10.1% of victims, and 5.4% of victims-bullies in the sample. The combined data analysis verified that students not involved with bullying enjoyed better family interactions, suggesting there is an inverse pattern of family interactions for those identified as bullies, victims or victim- bullies. Variance analysis confirmed this, as it identified significant differences among groups (students not involved with bullying, bullies, victims, and victim-bullies) in regard to the quality of family interactions. Effects from monitoring and the establishment of rules in the family context constituted a protective factor, while positive involvement, communication and marital climate and attachment to parental figures are dimensions to be explored and verified in regard to issues concerning protective factors and coping. The negative aspects of family interactions were associated with a higher likelihood of bullying or victimization among students. The quality of family interactions plays a role in the involvement of adolescents with school bullying, whether as bullies, victims or victim-bullies. These findings are in agreement with those from studies reporting that the families of bullies and victims are less functional than the families of students not involved with bullying. The triangulation of data was important to capturing the meanings adolescents assign to the different family interactions in the development of bullying and victimization. The temporal and potential influence of family experiences include situations from those of a protective nature to those with the potential to lead students to practice or suffer bullying at school. Implications for the health field were explored based on the empirical aspects explored in this study (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/13062-7 - Relationship between bullying and family interactions in adolescence: from the singular to plural |
| Grantee: | Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |