The effects of the presence of challenging behavior problems, parental conflict and violence in the community were determined by the probability of occurrence of bullying behaviors in elementary students. 664 students participated in the study, of whom 80 (12.04%) were identified as aggressors. 80 students with no reports of attacks were later selected randomly for comparison. Using logistic regression, it was found that the variables studied manifest significant differences between the student groups with and without aggressive behavior toward peers (R2 = .39). Challenging behavior (OR = 7.83), parental conflict (OR = 3.77) and Community Violence (OR = 5.36) increase the probability of belonging to the group of aggressors. We conclude that it is necessary to analyze the bullying from an ecological framework that considers variables located in the contexts in which individuals interact.
Se buscó establecer la relación de la presencia de conductas desafiantes, conflictos entre padres y violencia en la comunidad con la probabilidad de ocurrencia de comportamientos de intimidación en estudiantes de primaria. En este estudio participaron 664, de los cuales 80 (12.04%) fueron identificados como agresores; posteriormente se incluyeron al azar 80 estudiantes sin informes de ataques como grupo control. Usando la regresión lógica, se encontró que las variables estudiadas manifiestan diferencias significativas entre los grupos de estudiantes con y sin comportamiento agresivo hacia los compañeros (R2 = .39). El comportamiento desafiante (OR = 7.83), el conflicto parental (OR = 3.77) y la violencia comunitaria (OR = 5.36) aumentan la probabilidad de pertenecer al grupo de agresores. Concluimos que es necesario analizar el bullying desde un marco ecológico que considera variables ubicadas en los contextos en los que interactúan los individuos.
Keywords: Family; bullying; neighborhood; school violence.