Psychosocial approaches in explaining bullying behavior in the school environment

Abstract

The school has been exposed to violent behaviors and attitudes of an aggressive nature that targeted some students. This behavior is known as "bullying" behavior, as school bullying is one of these current educational and social problems because of its negative consequences on the school environment and the personality of the student being bullied on.

   School bullying is considered one of the most important problems experienced by most schools around the world, and it is not a new topic, but it is a phenomenon whose interest is due to before the last quarter of the last century.

So psychologists and sociologists have tried to explain bullying behavior each according to the theoretical framework it adopts, and below we will address the basic assumptions on which the common theories are based on the interpretation of bullying behavior.