Relación entre victimización escolar e imagen corporal en escolares de la provincia de Granada

espanolEste estudio de caracter descriptivo y corte transversal, realizado en una muestra de 519 escolares de segundo y tercer ciclo de Educacion Primaria (M=10,67; DT=2,57) de la etapa de Educacion Primaria de la provincia de Granada, tiene como objetivo definir y relacionar la imagen corporal percibida y los niveles de victimizacion existentes en un grupo de escolares. Como principales instrumentos se empleo la Escala de Siluetas de Stunkard y la Escala de Victimizacion en la Escuela. Los resultados revelan que un tercio de los escolares se percibia con siluetas asociadas al bajo peso y un 15% a siluetas ligadas a sobrepeso u obesidad. En relacion a los niveles de victimizacion se obtuvo que la de tipo verbal era la mas comun. Asimismo, las relaciones establecidas entre ambas variables revelan diferencias estadisticamente significativas para todos los tipos de victimizacion, concretando que aquellos escolares que se perciben con sobrepeso son los que mas victimizacion de tipo relacional, fisica y verbal sufren. En este sentido, se concluye que la victimizacion que sufren los ninos en edad escolar se relaciona con su imagen corporal, relevando la importancia de desarrollar planes de intervencion tanto para la educacion emocional como para la promocion de la salud. EnglishThis descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 519 primary and secondary school students (M=10.67; SD=2.57) from the Primary Education stage of the province of Granada. The main aims were to define and to relate the perceived body image and levels of victimization in a group of school children. The main instruments used were the Stunkard Silence Scale and the School Victimization Scale. The results reveal that one-third of schoolchildren were perceived with silhouettes associated with underweight and 15% with silhouettes linked to overweight or obesity. In relation to the levels of victimization it was obtained that the verbal type was the most common. In addition, the relationships established between both variables reveal statistically significant differences for all types of victimization, specifying that those students who are perceived to be overweight are the ones that suffer the most relational, physical and verbal victimization. In this sense, it is concluded that the victimization of school-age children is closely related to their body image, highlighting the importance of developing intervention plans for emotional education and acceptance of others, as well as for the promotion of health.