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Impact of the ConRed program on different cyberbulling roles
Author(s) -
Del Rey Rosario,
Casas José A.,
Ortega Rosario
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/ab.21608
Subject(s) - psychology , multivariate analysis of variance , empathy , coping (psychology) , applied psychology , social psychology , poison control , the internet , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , intervention (counseling) , medical education , clinical psychology , medicine , computer science , psychiatry , environmental health , machine learning , world wide web
This article presents results from an evaluation of the ConRed cyberbullying intervention program. The program's impacts were separately determined for the different roles within cyberbullying that students can take, i.e., cyber‐victims, cyber‐bullies, cyber‐bully/victims, and bystanders. The ConRed program is a theory‐driven program designed to prevent cyberbullying and improve cyberbullying coping skills. It involves students, teachers, and families. During a 3‐month period, external experts conducted eight training sessions with students, two with teachers and one with families. ConRed was evaluated through a quasi‐experimental design, in which students from three secondary schools were separated into experimental and control groups. The sample comprised 875 students, aged between 11 and 19 years. More students ( n = 586) were allocated to the experimental groups at the specific insistence of the management of all schools; the remainder ( n = 289) formed the control. Repeated measures MANOVA showed that cyber victims, cyber aggressors and cyberbully/victims reduced their involvement in cyberbullying. Moreover, cyber‐victims and bystanders adjusted their perceptions about their control of personal information on the Internet, and cyber aggressors and bystanders reduced their Internet dependence. The ConRed program had stronger effects on male participants, especially in heightening their affective empathy. Aggr. Behav. 42:123–135, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.