Intimidation and mistreatment in students of basic education from Chiapas and Veracruz, Mexico

Abstract

The study analyzes the intimidation and mistreatment manifestations as the result of the application of a questionnaire to 3,930 primary and secondary students from Chiapas and Veracruz, México. The data indicate that the most recurrent type of mistreatment are verbal and physical; being the classroom with more frequency of intimidation situations; 30.9 % are victimized and 4.5 % suffers systematic aggressions; 25 % referred sometimes had bullied and 2.7 % has been doing it systematically. The results point out the need to attend this phenomenon in the school centers.