The Effect of Awareness Training on Peer Bullying

Selcuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bullying and Victimization

Treatments: Behavioral: Awareness training on peer bullying

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07383545

2023/82

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examined the effect of awareness training on peer bullying, victimization, empathy, and sympathy levels in adolescents. A total of 64 students were randomly assigned to an intervention group or control group. The intervention group received five sessions of peer bullying awareness training, while the control group received no intervention. Data were collected using the Peer Bullying Identification Scale and the Empathy and Sympathy Scale.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being enrolled in the 9th grade
• Scoring 54 or higher on the Peer Bullying Identification Scale - Adolescent Form
• Willingness to participate and providing informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Previous participation in a similar peer bullying or awareness training program
• Being a foreign national student due to insufficient proficiency in Turkish language comprehension and expression
• Missing two or more sessions of the peer bullying awareness training program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Awareness training on peer bullying

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group received a peer bullying awareness training program consisting of five sessions, delivered once per week. Each session lasted 40-45 minutes and was delivered in small groups. The program focused on increasing awareness of peer bullying, reducing bullying and victimization behaviors, and enhancing empathy and sympathy skills.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Awareness training on peer bullying

Usual Care Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group did not receive any intervention and continued with their usual school routine during the study period.