Bullying and not school coexistence: the role of family involvement in the schools

Abstract

Several studies show a relationship between violence within schools and low parental involvement on its. The methodology is based on the administration of a questionnaire with 348 students from Secondary Education - La Rioja, Spain - interviews with 30 teachers and four discussion groups - parents and students. Information has been collected on the involvement of parents in schools and possible bullying at school, in order to know if there is a relationship between them. The results show that the participation of the families in the schools of La Rioja is high, and the percentage of school bullying relatively low, lower among girls, which also have a clearer implication of the families in the centers and the benefits that it entails. There is no association between this high participation and the reduction of cases of bullying, but with the improvement of coexistence. As a general conclusion, it is proposed to create new educational programs that strengthen parent-school relationships and train them in relation to the education of their children, more specifically with boys.