Bullying among Teens: Are Ethnicity and Race Risk Factors for Victimization? A Bibliometric Research

• Published in: Education sciences 2019-09, Vol.9 (3), p.220
• Main Authors: Fuentes Cabrera, Arturo, Moreno Guerrero, Antonio José, Pozo Sánchez, José Santiago, Rodríguez-García, Antonio-Manuel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescents; Behavior; bibliometric study; Bibliometrics; Bullying; Cellular telephones; Children & youth; Citation indexes; Computer Mediated Communication; Correlation; Critical theory; Cultural Influences; Cyberbullying; Depression (Psychology); Diachronic analysis; Drug Use; Education; Educational Environment; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Fuzzy sets; Gamification; Minority & ethnic groups; Objectives; Parent Participation; Race; Racial Bias; racism; Risk; School environment; Science; Self Concept; Socioeconomic Status; Systematic review; Teaching Methods; Teenagers; Victimization; Victims; Violence
• ISSN: 2227-7102; 2227-7102
• DOI: 10.3390/educsci9030220

Bullying is a problematic situation that negatively affects thousands of children and adolescents in today’s world. The multicultural society resulting from globalization has caused different reactions throughout society. In the school context, some authors indicate that ethnicity and race are risk factors for being victims of bullying. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to analyze the scientific production on racial or ethnic bullying with the greatest impact at present, considering nine variables: Publication date, authors, organizations, countries, journals, type of document, area of research, language, and reference with more impact (cites). We conducted a bibliometric study through systematic review, documentary quantification, and data visualization techniques. We analyzed 831 documents, with a notable increase in recent years (2011–2019), highlighting the production from Dewey Cornell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA). On the other hand, the results showed that ethnic identity constitutes a differential factor in harassment appearing, accompanied by very poor socio-economic and cultural levels favoring depressive tendencies and drug consumption in the ethnic harassed. In short, bullying has a negative impact both physically and psychologically on the victims. For this reason, we must continue to work from the school context to eradicate the situation that is affecting more and more people.