Participatory Methodologies for Addressing School Bullying

An Overview and Methodological Guidelines

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ID15717550
AuthorsMónica Montañés (0000-0002-3107-8818, Universidad de Valladolid, corresponding author), Iving Zelaya (0000-0002-7122-2992, Institute for Research in the Humanities, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa 11101, Honduras), Iving Zelaya Perdomo (National Autonomous University of Honduras), Esteban Andrés Ramos Muslera (0000-0002-4458-6731, National Autonomous University of Honduras)
Year2026
Volume13
Issue2
Pages214-214
Publication date2026-01-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children13020214
PMID41749570
OpenAlexW7126186140
LanguageEN
References cited28

Bullying is not a dyadic interaction between victim and perpetrator, but a relational phenomenon involving multiple group networks: those who exercise physical, psychological, or symbolic violence; those who encourage it; those who suffer it; and those who, while aware of it, remain on the sidelines. Preventing bullying, or stopping it once it emerges, requires undermining the support base that sustains it: no one should play the role of cheerleader, and those who remain passive must become involved in defending those targeted. It is also necessary to foster in those who are bullied the strength and capacity to confront the situation. From a Freirean perspective, this implies weaving alliances between those who are kindred and those who are different, and even with outsiders, to oppose those who act antagonistically. Such a task demands debate, reflection, and the collective formulation of measures among the diverse group realities in schools, given that bullying is grounded in the refusal to recognize certain others as part of "us", though we are all "others" to one another. This article sets out arguments for the need to address these diverse group realities and presents the phases and main contents of a participatory process for designing and implementing a School Coexistence Plan, drawing on the Participatory Construction of Peaceful Coexistence method as a framework for addressing bullying

Citizen journalism · Participatory action research · Participatory evaluation · Phenomenon · Process (computing · Task (project management · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Educational Methods and Psychological Studies · Social Skills and Education

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