How do you feel? Students’ emotions after practicing bullying

Our objective was to identify and analyze emotions generated in students involved in bullying situations as aggressors. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, conducted with 232 students from the sixth to ninth year of middle school, who answered a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed the...

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Main Authors: Jorge Luiz da Silva, Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira, Julliane Messias Cordeiro Sampaio, Marilurdes Silva Farias, Lidiane Cristina da Silva Alencastro, Marta Angélica Iossi Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Goias 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://revistas.ufg.emnuvens.com.br/fen/article/view/32735
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Summary:Our objective was to identify and analyze emotions generated in students involved in bullying situations as aggressors. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, conducted with 232 students from the sixth to ninth year of middle school, who answered a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed the data with the Statistical Analysis Software, through descriptive statistics and Fisher’s exact test. Of all students, 17.4% were identified as aggressors. Not feeling any emotion after practicing aggression against friends was prevalent for boys (36.7%) and girls (25.0%). Boys demonstrated to feel anger (26.7%) and sadness (23.3%) in smaller proportions, while girls also demonstrated to feel guilt (25.0%), sadness (16.7%) and shame (8.3%). The study indicates investigated aggressors presenting emotions that do not compete to comprehend negative effects of the practiced violence, as well as it does not collaborate to interrupt aggressions.
ISSN:1518-1944