INCIDENCE OF BULLYING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BACCALAUREATE, COLEGIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO- CATAMAYO

Abstract

The present study analyzes the relationship between bullying and academic performance in first year high school students of the Educational Unit Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Catamayo, having as main objective to evaluate how bullying influences academic performance, using a non-experimental and descriptive approach, with a neopositivist paradigm, using quantitative methods to analyze the cause-effect relationship between bullying and academic performance. The forms of bullying (verbal, psychological, physical, social), the factors that influence bullying and its consequences, as well as prevention and approach strategies are described. In addition, the research is based on the Constitution of Ecuador and other agencies related to children and adolescents, selecting a sample of 25 students, from which data were collected through surveys and documentary review, focusing the research on observing and documenting the characteristics of bullying and its impact on academic performance. It was found that 32% of the students were victims of bullying in the last six months, with verbal bullying being the most common.

In addition, 44% of the students considered that it does affect their academic performance. The data were processed using PSPP software, where it was determined that age influences the type of bullying experienced, confirming the hypothesis that they are dependent variables. The research has provided a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the relationship between bullying and academic achievement, which is fundamental to the implementation of educational policies and practices