Back to Search
Start Over
Verbal Bullying Changes Among Students Following an Educational Intervention Using the Integrated Model for Behavior Change.
- Source :
- Journal of School Health; Nov2016, Vol. 86 Issue 11, p813-822, 10p, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
-
Abstract
- ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Bullying behavior in schools can lead to psychosocial problems. School-based interventions are important in raising student awareness, developing their skills and in planning to reduce bullying behavior. METHODS A randomized controlled trial, using a school-based educational intervention to reduce verbal bullying, was conducted among grade 10 students in 16 urban and rural schools in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in 2013. Baseline and postintervention questionnaires, developed using the Integrated Model for Behavior Change theoretical model, were used to assess changes in verbal bullying. RESULTS Postintervention there were reduced verbal bullying experiences. Improved social norms and awareness of verbal bullying were associated with reduced verbal bullying experiences and behavior. Although less likely to bully others verbally, girls were more likely to experience verbal bullying. Students with no living father were more likely to bully others verbally. CONCLUSIONS The study findings indicate that a school-based intervention can positively impact on verbal bullying experiences and behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BULLYING prevention
BULLYING & psychology
SCHOOL environment
BEHAVIOR modification
BULLYING
CONFIDENCE intervals
INVECTIVE
MATHEMATICAL models
MEDICAL cooperation
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SCHOOLS
SEX distribution
SOCIAL skills education
THEORY
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PRE-tests & post-tests
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
INTRACLASS correlation
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224391
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of School Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118586044
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12439