Mobbing as an Expression of Physical and Psychological Violence in University Spaces: An Approach from a Systematic Perspective

Abstract

The prevalence of mobbing as an expression of physical and psychological violence in higher education institutions in Mexico and in the world in recent years has had an exponential increase. The social interaction between the different actors that coexist in the university spaces highlights the power structures that are generated around this phenomenon. The objective of this research was to analyze the literature in Spanish that focuses on mobbing, specifically that carried out in the period from 2006 to 2019 and whose context is the university space. Systematic and explicit methods were used to locate, select and critically appraise the relevant investigations, according to the guidelines derived from the Prism Declaration. The databases that were consulted were Redalyc, Scielo, Scopus and ebsco. Based on the above, eight articles were selected and analyzed to determine mobbing in higher education institutions in Mexico and Latin America. Among the conclusions, it stands out that mobbing is a hostile act that can manifest itself in all the fields of human relationship present in the university, and in the Mexican higher education institutions its presence has multiplied.