Cyberbullying entre adolescentes nas escolas públicas no município de Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

Cyberbullying can be characterized as a social issue, which has an impact on the health of adolescents and can configure serious public health problems. In this way, the present study aims totheme the Cyberbullying among adolescents in public schools in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. The use of cyberbullying by adolescents stems from anonymity, this forevokes the aggressor's sense of protection, steelaccompanied by the lack of conjecture in this attitude. The main objective of this study is to identify cyberbullying among adolescents in public schools in the city of Campo Grande, MS.The study is justified by the need to explore and understand cyberbullying in the school and regional context. The methodology is presented as a study with a quantitative, exploratory, descriptive approach of a transversal nature. The research participants were teachers from two municipal public schools from the sixth to the ninth grade. Data collection was carried out through an online questionnaire about the occurrence of cyberbullying at school, made available to teachers through google forms. As a result,it was found that,in the municipal public schools of Campo Grande/MS, cyberbullying occurs: the teachers (77.8%) responded that, sometimes they wereendo or presencecome on students doing insults to colleagues online; writing jokes, rumours, lies or comments on the internet, to ridicule the other, and spreading secrets or images of colleagues. Students who sent fake newsabout teachers, (11.1%) found out about orwitnessed a lotsometimes (66.7%) at vtimes. Saw or heard about students who deleted peers online and sent bullying messages, (56.6%)at vtimes and (11.1%) many times. It is concluded that thes data obtained through the questionnaireallowed to understand the phenomenon of cyberbullying among adolescents in public schools in Campo Grande/MS, as well as identify the role of the school in relation to cases of cyberbullying. (I) there is occurrence of cyberbullying; (II) The it'scola does not adequately share information between teachers about cases of cyberbullying that happen within the school environment; and (III) schools give due support to those involved in cases of cyberbullying, students and family members. The data show that this type of violence occurs in the school environment, teachers aware of this phenomenon, realizethere is an omission on the part of the school in relation to the subject.