TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The effects of a cyberbullying intervention programme among primary school students
JO  - Child and youth care forum
A1  - Lukács J., Ágnes
A1  - Takács, Johanna
A1  - Soósné Kiss, Zsuzsanna
A1  - Kapitány-Fövény, Máté
A1  - Falus, András
A1  - Feith, Helga Judit
SP  - 893
EP  - 911
VL  - 52
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1053-1890
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10566-022-09714-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -