Online Bullying Bystander Intervention for Middle Schools Phase II

Launched by KLEIN BUENDEL, INC. · Oct 6, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

While studies support the efficacy of comprehensive, school-wide interventions in reducing bullying, these types of programs can require significant time and financial resources for implementation, resulting in barriers to providing school-based bullying prevention, especially in low-income and rural communities. Additionally, although training bystanders to act as "defenders" on behalf of targets of bullying is an important intervention component, few programs include this as part of their comprehensive strategy. Brief programs that focus on bystander training and require fewer resources a...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria for Students:
• • being enrolled in grades 6, 7, or 8 in a middle/junior high school in Idaho, Oregon, Mississippi, or New Hampshire.
• • being selected by school counselors and teachers for having a desire to make a positive difference at school, be mature, and have the ability to positively engage with peers and adults (Aims 1 and 2).
• • speaks and reads English or Spanish.
• • parent consents and student assents for participation.
• Exclusion Criteria for Students:
• • participated in a previous study on STAC.
• • speaks and reads only a language other than English or Spanish.
• • does not consent and/or assent for participation.
• Inclusion Criteria for School Personnel:
• • employed in a middle/junior high school in Idaho or Mississippi with grades 6, 7, or 8.
• • employed as a principal, teacher, or school counselor.
• • speaks and reads English or Spanish.
• • consents to participate.
• Exclusion Criteria for School Personnel:
• • participated in a previous study on STAC.
• • speaks and reads only a language other than English or Spanish.
• • does not consent for participation.