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The Impact of a Brief Bullying Bystander Intervention on Depressive Symptoms
Author(s) -
Midgett Aida,
Doumas Diana M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12267
Subject(s) - bystander effect , intervention (counseling) , depressive symptoms , psychology , clinical psychology , randomized controlled trial , suicide prevention , path analysis (statistics) , poison control , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency , social psychology , anxiety , statistics , surgery , mathematics
The authors evaluated the impact of a brief bullying bystander intervention (STAC) on depressive symptoms among high school students using a randomized controlled design. Results of path analyses provided support for a mediational model in which the intervention was associated with an increase in sense of school belonging, which in turn was associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms. The authors discuss implications for high school counselors and counselors in other settings working with adolescents.