Bullying or intimidation at school: Contributions from the evidence of research in nursing

Objective: to analyze relevant theoretical and methodological aspects from the scientific evidence in nursing related to school bullying. Method: Integrative review of nursing studies’ literature in eight databases: PubMed, MEDLINE, Academic Search Complete, Ovid nursing, SciELO, ScienceDirect, Redalyc and Embase, with the keywords: bullying, nursing, child school bullying, peer aggression, adolescent and time span from 2004 to 2016. There were 30 studies of which 19 that met the selection criteria were selected. The analysis was developed in six stages: search of studies, selection, and criticism of qualitative and quantitative studies, comparison of findings/grouping by themes, interpretation, conclusions by levels of nursing evidence. Results: Four prevalent themes were identified: consequences in health, causes, nursing interventions and coping. The main contribution in the theme from the evidence of research in nursing allowed to identify research developments in both the qualitative and quantitative paradigm, different methodological approaches in the levels of evidence VII, VI, V, IV, III. Conclusions: health policies that intervene in preventing the phenomenon, know the causes and related consequences are needed; in addition, strategies for identifying schoolchildren at risk should be designed to avoid consequences to their health, also generate intervention studies and support coping processes for schoolchildren who are mocked or bullied.