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Citation
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Lukács J., Takács J, Soósné Kiss Z, Kapitány-Fövény M, Falus A, Feith HJ. Child Youth Care Forum 2023; 52(4): 893-911. |
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Abstract
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With the increase of cyberbullying, several intervention programmes have been created that aim at reducing cyber-victimisation and perpetration.
Objective
Our study presents the effects of the STAnD anti-cyberbullying programme with peer-education both on the short and the long run among lower and upper primary school students, with a focus on the participants' cyberbullying roles.
Method
The sample comprised of 536 students who participated in the intervention programme, involving 36% lower and 64% upper primary school students. Participants were measured by a self-reported questionnaire before and right after the programme, then six months later.
Results
The main effect of the STAnD programme was a positive change in the participants' willingness to engage in help-seeking and their active-defending reaction, although this effect decreased after six months. The changes were larger among lower primary school students compared to upper primary school participants.
Conclusion
Our results imply that long-lasting and intensive health promotion programmes are necessary to reach a long-term intervention effect. Anti-cyberbullying programmes should take into consideration participants' involvement and roles in cyberbullying. As our study was a non-randomised uncontrolled study design, thus interpretation of the effectiveness of the programme is limited.
Language: en |