ERIC Number: EJ893091
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-7315
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Preventing Childhood Bullying: Findings and Lessons from the Denver Public Schools Trial
Jenson, Jeffrey M.; Dieterich, William A.; Brisson, Daniel; Bender, Kimberly A.; Powell, Anne
Research on Social Work Practice, v20 n5 p509-517 Sep 2010
Twelve-month follow-up outcomes from a group-randomized trial (GRT) of a classroom curriculum aimed at preventing bullying and victimization among elementary students in the Denver, Colorado, public school system are presented. Twenty-eight elementary schools were randomly assigned to receive selected modules of "Youth Matters" (YM), a skills-training curriculum that targets bullying and victimization, or to a no-treatment control group. Linear growth models were fitted to five waves of data collected over 3 years to test the effect of the intervention on the rate of change in self-reported bullying and victimization. Participation in YM was associated with a 7% decline in bully victimization 1 year after the intervention ended. Practice and methodological challenges encountered in the investigation are discussed in the larger context of intervention research in school settings. Strategies to increase school-based intervention research by social work investigators are outlined. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Victims of Crime, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Skill Development, Peer Relationship, Child Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Attitudes, Social Behavior, Middle School Students, Social Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Grade 6; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado
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