The development of socio-emotional competences in basic education students as a form to combat bullying in schools

Abstract

Bullying is now considered a public health problem that is growing worldwide. Despite the existence of legislation in Brazil for years trying to combat this practice, schools still lack support and guidance on how to implement a program and how to deal with cases of bullying. According to BNCC, we can understand that a possible way to combat these cases is to develop socioemotional competence in students, but often schools still believe that developing values that contribute to the student's moral education is the sole responsibility of the family. The objective of this research was to investigate, through a systematic review, how programs using socioemotional skills development to combat school bullying worked, what skills they developed and especially if those skills were related to cases of bullying, towards identifying which ways are effective to combat school violence and how it reflects on the society in which we live. It is possible to conclude that the development of socioemotional skills brings benefits beyond the school violence prevention since it also contributes to the students learning and life beyond school.