Bullying and Emotional Intelligence in children

Bullying is defined as "an ongoing and deliberate verbal abuse and modal phenomenon, which receives a child by another or others; who they behave cruelly with him in order to subdue him, threaten and undermine the dignity of the child" (Cisneros VII, 2005, p.3). Meanwhile, Emotional Intelligence is understood as the ability to recognize the feelings and properly handle, and is considered essential to live positive and mature relationships. The latter construct can help eradicate the phenomenon of Bullying in schools, which represents a breakthrough in research. In this sense, the objective pursued in this study is twofold: first analyze the levels of Emotional Intelligence and Bullying in 25 students 4th year of primary education and on the other hand, to observe the relationship between both constructs. In general, are observed low levels of Bullying in its different manifestations, as well as of cyberbullying; equally the Emotional Intelligence seems to be appropriate. Finally, it seems to exist a significant, positive and moderated relation between the attention to the emotions and Bullying in its different manifestations.