Evaluation of a Youth-Led Program for Preventing Bullying, Sexual Harassment, and Dating Aggression in Middle Schools

Autor/inn/en	Connolly, Jennifer; Josephson, Wendy; Schnoll, Jessica; Simkins-Strong, Emily; Pepler, Debra; MacPherson, Alison; Weiser, Jessica; Moran, Michelle; Jiang, Depeng
Titel	Evaluation of a Youth-Led Program for Preventing Bullying, Sexual Harassment, and Dating Aggression in Middle Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 35 (2015) 3, S.403-434 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431614535090
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Prevention; Bullying; Aggression; Sexual Harassment; Dating (Social); Middle School Students; Urban Schools; Youth Programs; Comparative Analysis; Knowledge Level; Student Attitudes; Victims; Student Adjustment; Pretests Posttests; Grade 7; Grade 8; Program Effectiveness; Anxiety; Learner Engagement; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Mobbing; Sexuelle Belästigung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Jugendsofortprogramm; Wissensbasis; Schülerverhalten; Victim; Opfer; Adjustment; Studentin; Adaptation; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Angst; Kanada
Abstract	Although youth-led programs (YLP) have been successful in many areas of public health, youth leadership is rarely used in the prevention of peer aggression. A YLP to reduce bullying, sexual harassment, and dating aggression was compared experimentally with the board-mandated usual practice (UP). Four middle schools in an urban Canadian school division were randomly assigned to a YLP or to UP programs led by adults. Knowledge, attitudes, victimization, and emotional school adjustment (anxiety and school connectedness) were assessed in the fall (pretest) and spring (posttest) among 509 Grades 7 and 8 students (51.4% female, X(line over top) age = 12.37). Significant improvements were found in knowledge and attitudes in both programs. Students receiving the YLP showed significant reductions in anxiety and maintained their school connectedness (all ps < 0.05). The results suggest that youth-led prevention is an effective approach for tackling peer aggression in school settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01