Bullying among Higher Education students: a Study With Undergraduates from the Physical Education

Abstract

Bullying is the interdiction of the body mediated by cultural signs that guide aggressive, intentional and repeated attitudes. Physical Education classes still exclude those who do not fit the body standards considered ideal. It was investigate the presence, or not, of bullying among of students. The research was qualitative and field; it was applied a questionnaire to the students of Physical Education at the University, a lecture was held with a student who have a disability and experienced bullying episodes. Three months later, the same questionnaire was applied again to verify if there were changes. In the pre-intervention, 8 men and 7 women answered the questionnaire: 7 men did not suffer bullying, 1 suffered and 7 women did not suffer; 5 men and 6 women did not practice bullying, 3 men and 1 woman did; 4 men and 6 women have seen it happen, while 4 men and 1 woman said they never saw it. In the post-intervention, of the 8 men and 7 women who were interviewed: 4 men and 5 women did not suffer bullying, 4 men and 2 women have already suffered; 5 men and 4 women did not practice bullying, 3 men and 3 women have already practiced; 6 men and 6 women have seen it happen, while 2 men and 1 woman have never seen it. We concluded that most students had no understanding of the consequences of bullying, but, after the intervention, they were able to recognize the practices they committed against their colleagues.