Victimization and Aggression in Adolescents in Public and Private Schools in Four Cities in Argentina

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  • Santiago Resett

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Bullying – Victimization – Aggression – Adolescents − Argentina

Abstract

2.192 teenagers evaluated from secondary schools in Autonomous City of BuenosAires, Paraná City, Rawson City and Viedma City. An 11 % were victim; 7 %, aggressorand 4 %, both. More males were aggressors and victim-aggressors. Youngerstudents were more victimized and there was more harassment in private schools.Most common ways of bullying were verbal ones. Most victims were harassed by astudent or a group of two or three males from their own class, in the playground orin the classroom, for a month in average and most of them would not tell anybodythat they were being harassed.

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