Estudo compreensivo da associação entre bullying e ansiedade social

Abstract

This study examined the interrelationship between episodes of bullying in childhood and adolescence and Social Anxiety \ Social Phobia in adulthood. Bullying is a specific type of peer violence described as an abuse of power continued over time, with the clear intention of distressing, intimidating and assaulting another person in the permanent coexistence of local collectives, occurring preferred, but not exclusively, on schools. Bullying can then be considered as a strong negative interference factor for development. The Social Anxiety \ Social Phobia is characterized as a pathological picture in which a person fears the social life to be worried about being humiliated and embarrassed. The difficulty in social situations during childhood and adolescence may influence the development of social skills needed for later academic functioning, social and professional. A greater understanding of difficulties of socialization in childhood and adolescence and the development of social phobia in adulthood is needed. In order to analyze the relationship established between the participants experiences of bullying in childhood and adolescence and current symptoms of social anxiety, semi-structured interviews were conducted with social phobic patients in the Anxiety Disorders Program of the Juiz de Fora Municipal Health Secretary. As a result we can highlight the large number of survey participants who had significant experiences of school victimization. Most of the participants was target of nicknames throughout the school year, and also suffered experiences of isolation or exclusion. These experiences mostly occurred in the classroom, and participants did not tell nobody suffered episodes. The reports of harassment in school, humiliation, insecurity and exclusion were also exemplified in situations of family and work.