Author(s): BELTRAN-CARRILLO, V.J., JIMÉNEZ-LOAISA, A.2, LEÓN-ZARCEÑO, E.1, JIMÉNEZ-BARBERO, J.A.3, CHILLÓN-GARZÓN, P.4, GONZÁLEZ-CUTRE, D.1, Institution: UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ, Country: SPAIN, Abstract-ID: 885

Introduction
Since school physical education (PE) can be sometimes a site of bullying perpetration (Jiménez-Barbero et al., 2020), to identify the profile of students who tend to be aggressors in PE could be an important step for bullying prevention. The aim of this study was to analyse whether gender, age, physical fitness, sedentary and physical activity level were predictors of attitudinal beliefs towards violence in school.
Methods
A correlational study was carried out with 289 adolescents (152 boys and 137 girls; Mage = 13.98 years, SD = 1.27) from a secondary school located in Elche (Spain). The following variables were measured: Gender and age (sociodemographic questionnaire); aerobic fitness (20 m shuttle run test); strength (hand dynamometer); agility and movement skill (CAMSA test); height and weight to calculate body mass index (BMI); sedentary, light, moderate and vigorous activity (GT3X accelerometers); and attitudinal beliefs towards violence in educational centres (CAHV–25 questionnaire). Two multiple regression analysis were performed, with attitudinal beliefs towards violence as dependent variable, and the rest of variables as predictors. A first model included gender, age, aerobic fitness, strength, agility and movement skill, and BMI as predictors. A second model included the same previous variables as predictors, but adding accelerometer variables.
Results
The first regression was significant (F(6, 282)= 4.065, p < .01, adjusted R2 = 0.060). Boys (β = -.194, p < .01) and students with higher agility and movement skill (β = .143, p < .05) showed higher attitudinal beliefs towards violence.
The second regression was also significant (F(10, 108)= 2.698, p < .01, adjusted R2 = .126). Boys showed more attitudinal beliefs towards violence than girls (β = -.444, p < .001), being higher the effect of gender than in the first regression, but no other significant predictors were found.
Conclusion
Our findings suggest that boys and students with higher agility and movement skill tend to show higher attitudinal belief towards violence. These results are congruent with previous research which had pointed out that skilful boys are the ones who usually tend to harass other students in physical education and school sport (Beltrán-Carrillo et al., 2012). This information could be useful for bullying prevention in these contexts.
References
Beltrán-Carrillo, V. J., Devís-Devís, J., Peiró-Velert, C., & Brown, D. H. K. (2012). When physical activity participation promotes inactivity: Negative experiences of Spanish adolescents in physical education and sport. Youth and Society, 44(1), 3-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X10388262
Jiménez-Barbero, J.A., Jiménez-Loaisa, A., González-Cutre, D., Beltrán-Carrillo, V.J., Llor-Zaragoza, L., & Ruiz-Hernández, J.A. (2020). Physical education and school bullying: a systematic review. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 25(1), 79-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2019.1688775