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Focus on targeted interventions addressing bullying: what explains their success or failure?




List of AuthorsSalmivalli Christina

PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Publication year2023

JournalEuropean Journal of Developmental Psychology

Journal name in sourceEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Journal acronymEUR J DEV PSYCHOL

Number of pages17

ISSN1740-5629

eISSN1740-5610

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2022.2156857

URLhttps://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2022.2156857


Abstract
During four decades, numerous school-based bullying prevention programmes have been developed and evaluated. Meta-analyses indicate that such programmes have positive average effects, as compared with treatment as usual. However, the effects are small to moderate, and they are especially weak among some specific groups, such as adolescents. After all the progress made, too many young people still suffer from being bullied. Furthermore, findings suggest that the remaining victims may be even worse off than before in contexts where the overall level of victimization decreases - the phenomenon known as the Healthy Context Paradox . It is suggested that besides the average effects of preventive, universal multi-component programmes, more attention should be devoted to targeted interventions addressing specific cases of bullying. More precisely, we should investigate the characteristics and conditions of youth who remain victimized or continue bullying others despite targeted interventions, and identify factors - at multiple levels - that are related to intervention failure.


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