This paper reports on an examination of the impacts that tailored interventions based on the Transtheoretical model, delivered online, had on middle- and highschoolers regarding participation in bullying.
Bullying threatens the physical and mental well-being of students across a broad range of schools. Tailored interventions based on the Transtheoretical model and delivered over the Internet were designed to reduce participation in each of three roles related to bullying: bully, victim, and passive bystander. The effectiveness trials were completed in 12 middle schools and 13 high schools in the USA. A diverse sample of 1,237 middle and 1,215 high school students were available for analysis. Analyses showed significant treatment effects for both intervention groups when compared to control for both the middle and high school programs. Given the relative ease of dissemination, the authors suggest that these programs could be applied as stand-alone practices or as part of more intensive interventions. Publisher Abstract Provided