Physical education, attitudes towards disability and bullying

Bullying is described as the repeated and deliberate mistreatment of a youngster who is the victim's age but is incapable of defending themselves. Victimization can take three different forms: relational, physi-cal, and verbal. These types of actions are manifested by people who feel superiority over their victims; therefore, the attitude towards disability is important. Furthermore, physical education classes can be the ideal place for inclusive classroom. Thus, the aim is to analyse the relationship between Bullying (EBIPQ Questionnaire) and attitudes towards disability (EAADEF Scale) in Physical Education with respect to gender, educational level and school environment in a sample of 1155 high school students in Extremadura (Spain), taking into account that Physical Education classes are the ideal setting to combat bullying through education. The results showed association between EBIPQ and EAADEF is direct, medium and significant. In addition, secondary school students and females showed stronger correlations. About location school, the results of rural and urban pupils were quite comparable, but rural pupils performed better. It would be interesting to create preventive measures against bullying, as well as to educate people on how to regulate their emotions and be inclusive. It should not be overlooked that the whole educational community, as well as the must be involved in order to achieve an inclusive and non-violent classroom.