School Climate and Family Functionality as Associated Factors to Bullying in Students of Antioquia, Colombia

Abstract

Objective.
To determine the existing relationship between school climate and family functioning with school
bullying in Antioquia Colombia.
Method
. A transverse study was carried out in the educational institutions
of nine subregions of Antioquia - Colombia. The total sample was 2421 students in Antioquia between the
9 and 18 years old. The instruments used were the Scale of School Climate (SES), APGAR and CIE - A Short
version.
Results.
The multivariate and binomial logistic regression analysis found that students who reported 
an inadequate school climate have four times more the risk of being intimidated or bullied at school, when
compared to the students who reported a perception of an adequate school climate. Likewise, the students who
identi
fi
ed inadequate school climates are three times more at risk of school intimidation on average. Also, the
report of familiar dysfunction indicated an association with inadequate school climate.
Conclusion.
The close
link between the perception of inadequate school climate and the emergence of bullying in the school context
is evident; secondly, family functionality is established as a key to resolve the dif
fi
culties that are presented in
the daily school environment.