Impact of Bullying in Physical Education Classes: Basis for a Proposed Anti-Bullying Intervention Program

Abstract

This study aims to determine the Impact of Bullying in Physical Education classes as basis for a proposed anti-bullying intervention program. It also aimed to determine the extent of the implementation of the schools’ intervention program against bullying. A researcher made survey questionnaire was utilized in data gathering. Descriptive method of research was employed and Slovin’s formula was utilized to determine the 213 student-respondents from Tugatog National High School where only 200 respondents wereable to complete the given survey. Findings of the study revealed that majority of the students who responded to have experienced being bullied during Physical Education classes were females with ages that range from13-15 years old. A high number of percentage of respondents have experienced bullying 1-5 times a month where in verbal bulling is the most common type of bullying. Most of the respondents experienced emotional impact to a moderate extent. It was followed by attitude/behavioral, social impact, and academic impact which the respondents experienced to some extent while the physical impact was the least experienced by the student-respondents. Most of the respondents encounter the implementation of the schools’ intervention to a moderate extent in addressing bullying experiences of students in Physical Education. A significant difference was obtained on the impact of bullying in terms of physical, attitude/behavioral, social, and emotional aspects when the respondents are grouped according to age. Similarly, there is a significant difference on physical impact of bullying when grouped in terms of the frequency of being bullied.