Educar es todo makes bullying visible with its IV Study on the perception of Spanish society on bullying
Educar es todo, in its commitment to the eradication of bullying in the classroom and the need to give visibility to this problem, has presented, together with Totto, the results of the IV Study on the perception of bullying in Spanish society.
As its name suggests, this is the fourth study carried out to find out what Spaniards think about this scourge.
On this occasion, it has counted on the opinion of 1708 people, including children, parents and teachers.
The main indicator is that 23% of children and young people in Spain suffer bullying, in line with figures from previous years. According to the report data, 4 out of 10 of the Spanish adults surveyed claim to have suffered bullying during their school years. Among these victims of bullying, an overwhelming 92% say that this situation has had consequences in their lives. So much so that 20% of those surveyed who were bullied as children admit, even in their adult years, that the experience has marked them forever.
the experience has marked them forever, 32% that it made them more introverted, 17% that it generated anxiety and 11% that it provoked depression. Twenty-seven percent say that being bullied at school made them stronger.
Self-esteem is another major detriment for adults who have been bullied. Of the average of 38%, between both sexes, who recognize that this situation damaged their self-esteem, it should be noted that among women the percentage reaches 48%.
Particularly alarming is the increase in cyberbullying, from 10% to 16% between 2022 and 2023, which coincides with the popularization of the use of open source artificial intelligence, which allows the creation of images, videos and audios that impersonate the identity of the person. An incidence that has not
epidemic of COVID-19, spurred by confinement at home. Leo Farache, director of Educar es Todo, states that “bullying has always existed, as shown by the results of this year’s study, although there are still people who deny it or it has been minimized in the past; it is, moreover, as we see in these figures, a behavior that leaves serious sequelae for life in many children.
serious, lifelong consequences for many of those affected”. The presentation of the study also included the intervention of Dr. Silvia Álava, educational psychologist, who spoke about the consequences of bullying on mental health and the 10 most serious consequences.
It was also possible to hear the first-person testimony of a victim of bullying thanks to the participation of Nidia Represa, who has used that experience to become an activist against bullying and cyberbullying through projects such as her novel Bajo mi piel, based on the real events of her childhood.
Carlos Represa, director of Digitales y Responsables and president of the Association for the Protection of Minors on the Internet, spoke about artificial intelligence, not only as a threat but also as an opportunity to improve coexistence.
For more information on the results of the study, see https://tottovsbullying.es/estudio/.
