Developing and Evaluating the Bounce-Back Bullying (BBB) Online Program: Effects on Bullying Behavior and Resilience among Secondary School Students
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Objective: To compare bullying behaviors and resilience between the intervention group and the control group at post-intervention and follow-up.
Method: The quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. The samples consisted of one hundred and six students in grades 7 - 9, who were purposively selected and divided into two groups: an intervention group (31 participants) and a wait-list control group (75 participants). Those in the experimental group obtained a thirty-minute 9 times online program delivered through the Mux Mahidol platform. Meanwhile, the wait-list control group attended regular school activities and waited to join the program after the end of the study period. Participants were assessed with bullying behaviors and resilience questionnaires at baseline, the end of the program, and a 12-week follow-up. Data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U Test.
Result: Among the participants in the intervention group, 15 were female (48.40%), 15 were male (48.40%), and 1 identified as another gender (3.20%), with a mean age of 13 years. Most were in Grade 7 (48.40%). In the control group, the majority were male (38 participants, 50.70%), with a mean age of 13 years, and most were in Grade 8 (46.70%). The intervention group reported significantly lower levels of cyberbullying behaviors than the control group at the end of the program (p = 0.025), and lower reinforcement of bullying at the 12-week follow-up (p = 0.048). However, there were no significant differences between groups regarding traditional bullying behaviors and resilience.
Conclusion: The Bounce Back Bullying (BBB) online program was found to reduce cyberbullying behaviors and reinforcement of bullying. Therefore, it may be applied as a supplementary activity to help adolescents recognize, understand, and appropriately cope with bullying.
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