Development of Online Acceptance and Commitment Program to Enhance Inhibitory Control on Cyberbullying in Adolescents

Authors

  • Anecha Rattanatamtong Brain Mind and Learning Research and Department Unit, Faculty of Education, Burapha University
  • Juthamas Haenjohn Brain Mind and Learning Research and Department Unit, Faculty of Education, Burapha University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6350-8448
  • Warakorn Supwirapakorn Brain Mind and Learning Research and Department Unit, Faculty of Education, Burapha University

Keywords:

Inhibitory Control, Cyberbullying, Acceptance and Commitment Program

Abstract

The aims of this research are to develop the online acceptance and commitment program to enhance inhibitory control of cyberbullying among adolescents and to test its effectiveness. The sample selected by the cluster sampling consists of sixty junior high school students (12-14 years old) who were currently studying at Banbung Uttasahakamnukhro School, Chonburi, Thailand. The subjects were divided into two groups (experimental and control groups) by using matched pairs of Cyberbullying questionnaire and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. Each group had thirty students. The research instruments used in the research were Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), and Cyberbullying questionnaire (CBQ), and the online acceptance and commitment program to enhance inhibitory control of cyberbullying for adolescents (ACT-ICCB). Data were analyzed by using Repeated-Measures analysis of variance: one between-subject variable and one within-subject variable, and Bonferroni method.

The result showed that the students in the experimental group had a lower level of cyberbullying behaviors in the posttest and the follow-up period than that in the pretest period (p < .05). In addition, the finding revealed that the students in the experimental group had a lower level of cyberbullying behaviors in the posttest and the follow-up period than that in the control group (p < .05).

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05-05-2023

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Rattanatamtong A, Haenjohn J, Supwirapakorn W. Development of Online Acceptance and Commitment Program to Enhance Inhibitory Control on Cyberbullying in Adolescents. J Royal Thai Army Nurses [Internet]. 2023 May 5 [cited 2024 Nov. 18];24(1):80-9. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/257018

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