What Works for Bullying Programs

Posted by on October 28, 2013

What Works for Bullying Programs: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions

This research brief from Child Trends includes descriptions of lessons from experimental evaluations of programs and interventions to prevent bullying.

The most commonly accepted definition of bullying is that it is a form of unprovoked, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance and is either repeated or has the potential to be repeated over time.

This brief synthesizes findings from experimental evaluations of 17 bullying programs for children and/or youth to determine how frequently these programs work to improve the outcomes of physical and verbal bullying, social and relational bullying, bullying victimization, attitudes toward bullying, and being a bystander of bullying. Most of these programs served school-aged children; only two focused on children age five or younger.

http://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/briefing_bullying5_anm1.pdf