Incidence of Bullying in Basic Education Unit of St. Paul University Philippines: Basis for Intervention Program Development

Abstract

This descriptive research sought to investigate on the incidence of
bullying in the Basic Education Unit of St. Paul University Philippines and
subsequently an intervention program will be developed to prevent the
recurrence of the identified cases and the occurrence of new cases. Eight
pupils were determined by the BEU Guidance and Counselling Center
and the Student Welfare Committee of St. Paul University Philippines
as perpetrators of the bullying cases filed for AY 2013-2014 to AY 2014-
2015: there were eight victims of the said perpetrators, eight parent
representatives for both the perpetrators and victims, eight classmates of
both the perpetrators and victims, and eight of the teachers of both the
perpetrators and victims. Narrative reports and interviews were utilized
for data gathering tools. Frequency count and percentages were used for
data analysis. Based on the accounts of the perpetrators, attention seeking
and susceptibility to irritation are the factors to bullying. On the part of
the victims, they are bullied because they have “low self-confidence” or
they are “shy.” The most common factors that the parents expressed is
a reason for their children’s bullying behavior is the “lack of attention.”
Most of the classmates of the perpetrators reasoned out that the latter
bully because of peer pressure; friends and they are seeking attention
from others. On the part of the victims, their classmates claimed that they
are bullied because they tend to become sensitive. The teachers observed
that the perpetrators bully because they lack empathy for others. On the
part of the victims, the teachers observed that they are bullied because
they tend to have “low self-confidence” or “low self-esteem.”