La violencia entre pares afecta negativamente la salud mental de los estudiantes. La literatura señala que la satisfacción con la vida es uno de los factores que puede verse mayormente afectado. No obstante, pueden existir factores que atenúen estos efectos negativos. La presente investigación indagó en la influencia que tiene el apoyo de profesores y pares en la escuela sobre la satisfacción con la vida en estudiantes que reportan agresiones de sus pares. El estudio censal incluyó a 5.527 estudiantes de 4° a 8° grado de educación básica de 44 establecimientos municipales de una comuna de la Región de Valparaíso, Chile. Usando cuestionarios autoaplicados de la encuesta "La Convivencia en mi Escuela", cuyos datos se analizaron usando modelos de ecuaciones estructurales, se encontró que el apoyo social de los profesores tiene un efecto más importante que el de los pares como mediador en la relación inversa entre victimización entre pares y satisfacción con la vida de los estudiantes. Estos hallazgos son discutidos respecto del papel mediador de los profesores en la victimización entre pares.Palabras clave: victimización, satisfacción vital, apoyo social, bienestar, bullying Violence among peers has a negative effect on students' mental health. The literature indicates that life satisfaction is one of the factors on which peer violence could have a major effect. Nevertheless, some factors may attenuate this negative impact. This study analyzed the influence of teacher and peer support on the relation between students' peer victimization and life satisfaction. The sample included 5,527 students from grades 4 through 8 attending municipal schools in one district of the Region of Valparaíso, Chile. Using self-report questionnaires taken from the survey "Coexistence in my School", whose data was analyzed with structural equation modeling, it was observed that teacher social support has a greater effect than peer social support as a mediator in the inverse relationship between students' peer victimization and life satisfaction. These findings are discussed in terms of the mediating role of teachers in reducing the effects of peer victimization. La correspondencia relativa a este artículo debe ser dirigida a Boris Villalobos-Parada, PACES, Keywords

Resumen: En Chile, las políticas educativas de accountability 1 , asociadas a la judicialización de la vida escolar, han involucrado la gestión de la violencia y convivencia escolar, generando un ambiente de política punitiva por medio de amenazas de sanciones. La Superintendencia de Educación, organismo del Estado encargado de fiscalizar las normativas, cuenta además con un dispositivo que permite a los padres denunciar acciones * Fuente de Financiamiento: Fondecyt 1191267; PIA ANID CIE 160009.

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Schools are an essential part of students’ lives and can promote and facilitate their well-being. Although research on well-being among school-aged children and adolescents has distinguished subjective well-being from social well-being, very few studies examined student’s social well-being at school (SWS). SWS is understood as students’ valuation of the circumstances and functioning of their school. This framework posits that the context of the schools can shape students’ perception of feeling integrated and making significant contributions to their schools. However, not much is known regarding the joint contribution of individual, family, and school characteristics to students’ SWS. This study analyzed these joint contributions in a nationally representative sample of 6,389 children and adolescents enrolled in 5th–11th grades. Findings show that being female and younger were individual predictors of SWS. Students’ satisfaction with their family and fewer changes of schools were also significant contributors. When students’ perceptions of their schools were incorporated, the individual and family characteristics decreased or lost significance. In the full model, the highest contribution to SWS was explained by the school-level aggregated perception of school climate. These findings call for integrated policies and practices to foster students’ sense of belonging, feeling integrated, and contribution to their schools, with a focus on school-level interventions to improve SWS through positive and engaging school climates that foster students’ sense of agency.