Abstract

Peer bullying occurs frequently among middle school youth, negatively impacting students and the broader school climate. However, during these years there is a gap in translating empirically supported prevention science into school-based practices. This paper describes how the evidence-based Free2B bullying prevention multimedia assembly was disseminated by a team of educators, researchers, and technologists to over 14,000 students in 40 middle schools across the state. This dissemination and scaling effort was conducted in partnership with the state’s government officials and Office of Safe Schools in order to ensure that each school and district across the state had equal access in applying for the programming. Over half of participating students expressed concerns about school bullying, with 36% reporting victimization and 17% reporting perpetration of bullying in the past month. Significant improvements were found in problem-solving knowledge, confidence in being a positive bystander, and sympathy for peer victims. We discuss gender and community setting differences (urban, suburban, rural) in the findings, implications for dissemination and implementation science, and school psychologists’ role in disseminating bullying prevention practices.

Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2020.1851612.

摘要

同伴欺凌经常发生在初中青年时期，对学生和更广泛的学校环境造成负面影响。但是，这些年来，在将经验支持的预防科学转化为基于学校的实践方面存在差距。本文介绍了由教育者，研究人员和技术人员组成的团队如何将基于证据的Free2B欺凌预防多媒体程序集分发给全州40所中学的14,000多名学生。与州政府官员和安全学校办公室合作进行了这种传播和扩展工作，以确保该州的每所学校和学区都能平等地申请该计划。超过一半的参加活动的学生对学校欺负表示担忧，在过去一个月中，有36％的人报告了受害行为，有17％的人报告了欺凌行为。在解决问题的知识，对成为积极旁观者的信心以及对同伴受害者的同情中，发现了显着的进步。我们讨论了调查结果中的性别和社区设置差异（城市，郊区，农村），对传播和实施科学的影响以及学校心理学家在传播欺凌预防行为中的作用。

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