Abstract
The increase in the prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying in recent years worldwide is undeniable. Although several intervention programs oriented towards the reduction of bullying and cyberbullying have been developed and implemented, significant disparities have been found regarding their efficacy. In most of the cases, the lack of the implementation of interventions involving all of the school community could be on the basis of this limited efficacy. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the TEI Program, an intervention based on peer tutoring, in the reduction of bullying and cyberbullying, and in the improvement of school climate. The design of the study was quasi-experimental, in which 2057 Spanish students (aged 11 to 16 years) participated from 22 schools, and were randomly assigned to the experimental group (10 schools, 987 students) or the control group (12 schools, 1070 students). The obtained results showed a significant reduction in bullying behavior, peer victimization, fighting, cyberbullying and cybervictimization in the experimental group after the intervention implementation. Similarly, a significant improvement in factors of school climate was found only in this group. The obtained results demonstrated that the TEI program is effective in reducing bully and cyberbully behavior, and at the same time, improving the school climate.
Highlights
Bullying and cyberbullying, as phenomena increasing in prevalence, are public health problems which entail severely negative consequences for health and quality of life, both for victims and perpetrators [1]
We examined the effectiveness of the TEI program, a Spanish initiative for bullying and cyberbullying reduction based on the ecological model of peer tutoring in schools
Recalling that bullying and cyberbullying are one of the main public health problems affecting adolescents and their families, the necessity of developing and implementing effective interventions in schools is extremely urgent. This is the first study seeking to analyze the effectiveness of TEI program reducing bullying and cyberbullying and improving school climate among Spanish students
Summary
As phenomena increasing in prevalence, are public health problems which entail severely negative consequences for health and quality of life, both for victims and perpetrators [1]. Prevalence rates of bullying behaviors found in different countries vary widely depending on the ages of samples and the period of time over which information is requested [3]. Several studies have demonstrated that in Chinese societies school bullying behaviors varies widely according to samples of adolescents aged 10 to 18, which rank from 8% to. There are variations in prevalence rates of self-reported victimization with rates of 55% in North America and Asia, 25% in Canada and 30% in Europe [3,5,6].
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