Sex differences in adolescents in Bullying at school and resilience

Abstract The purpose of this research is to establish sex differences between resilience and bullying in adolescents. Transversal descriptive-comparative non experimental design was applied. 354 participants were selected with ages between 12 to 18 years old. Wagnild and Young Resilience scale (1993) and Cuestionario de Intimidación Escolar Abreviado CIE - A Abreviado (Moratto, Cárdenas, & Berbesí, 2012), were applied. Results showed that differences studied in these groups are related to bullying expression and mental health consequences. Also Resilience showed sex differences only in the Equanimity Scale; it refers to a balanced way response to stressing events. It is necessary to design differential programs based on bullying from resilience approach to decrease the phenomenon.