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A group randomized controlled trial evaluating parent involvement in whole-school actions to reduce bullying

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  • Donna Cross
  • Leanne Lester
  • Natasha Pearce
  • Amy Barnes
  • Shelley Beatty

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Parents can significantly affect children's peer relationships, including their involvement in bullying. The authors developed and evaluated ways to enhance parents’ knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and skills related to parent–child communication about bullying. The 3-year Friendly Schools Friendly Families whole-school intervention included a family component, which provided training and resources to support school teams to engage families in awareness-raising and skill-building activities. Over 3,200 parents of the Grade 2, 4, and 6 cohorts were recruited. For the Grade 2 and 4 cohorts at both 10 and 22 months postintervention, the family component increased parents’ self-efficacy to talk about bullying with their children and their frequency of doing so. Grade 4 parents reported more provictim attitudes at 22 months. No differences were found for the Grade 6 cohort. These data suggest a whole-school capacity-building intervention in early and middle childhood can improve the likelihood and frequency of positive parent–child communication about bullying.

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  • Donna Cross & Leanne Lester & Natasha Pearce & Amy Barnes & Shelley Beatty, 2018. "A group randomized controlled trial evaluating parent involvement in whole-school actions to reduce bullying," The Journal of Educational Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 111(3), pages 255-267, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:111:y:2018:i:3:p:255-267
    DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2016.1246409
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    1. Seung-ha Lee & Hyun-jung Ju, 2019. "Mothers’ Difficulties and Expectations for Intervention of Bullying among Young Children in South Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-24, March.
    2. Elisa Larrañaga & Santiago Yubero & Raúl Navarro, 2018. "Parents’ Responses to Coping with Bullying: Variations by Adolescents’ Self-Reported Victimization and Parents’ Awareness of Bullying Involvement," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 7(8), pages 1-11, July.

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