Relationship between bullying and disorders caused by alcohol consumption in nursing students

Abstract

Introduction: Bullying refers to all forms of violence inside and outside the classrooms, affecting the student psychologically and academically, who may exhibit behaviors such as alcohol consumption as a common and unhealthy practice. Objective: To establish the strength of the relationship between bullying and disorders caused by alcohol consumption. Methodology: Quantitative, relational, non-experimental, cross-sectional, prospective study conducted on Nursing Bachelor's degree students from a public university in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico; stratified simple random sampling of 245 students. The Cisneros School Bullying Self-Test, AUDIT Questionnaire were used, with Cronbach's alpha of 0.857 and 0.80 respectively, and the statistical program SPSS v. 25.0. Results: The female sex predominated at 84.1%, with very low levels prevailing in school bullying at 67.8%. In alcohol consumption, 100% of the sample had consumed at some point in their lives, with a frequency of 70.6% having low-risk consumption, 23.7% high-risk, 4.5% harmful consumption, and 1.2% dependence. A relationship was found between the variables with Spearman's Rho (Rho=.141, p=.028), identifying a low strength of relationship (.141). Conclusion: There is a low strength of relationship between variables, observing that higher school bullying correlates with higher alcohol consumption.

Recibido: 06/11/2025

Aprobado: 15/12/2025