Title:

Examining the Effectiveness of School-Bullying Intervention Programs Globally: a Meta-analysis
URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42380-019-0007-4
Summary:

This paper describes six program components that can improve the impact of school-bullying intervention programs: taking a whole-school approach, anti-bullying policies, classroom rules, information for parents, informal peer involvement, and working directly with victims.
Highlights:
  • This open-access study conducted a systematic and meta-analytical review of the effectiveness of 100 independently evaluated school-based bullying prevention programs around the world. It found that overall, programs were effective in reducing school-bullying perpetration and victimization.
  • This paper focused on 12 countries (e.g., Italy, Norway, USA, UK), two regions (Europe / Scandinavia, and North America) and four anti-bullying programs with multiple evaluations (KiVa, NoTrap!, OBPP, and ViSC). These four programs reduced bullying perpetration by 19-20% and victimization by 15-16%.
  • Six program components correlated with greater progam impacts: (1) taking a whole-school approach, (2) anti-bullying policies, (3) classroom rules, (4) information for parents, (5) informal peer involvement, and (6) working directly with victims.
Topics: Safety, Bullying and violence prevention
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Resource Type: strategies and interventions
Publisher: Springer Nature
Date Last Updated: 2023-03-14 12:19:45

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