Bullying prevention Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
The schools will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either the intervention group (KiVa IMPRES) or the control group (KiVa regular).
The KiVa antibullying program is based on a whole-school approach and
Sponsors
University of Turku
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Finnish schools offering basic education for grades 1–6 (aged 7–12 years), having at least 100 students and being registered as KiVa antibullying program users in the school year 2021–2022 and 2022–2023
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Swedish-speaking primary schools 2. Schools which are taking part in a municipal initiative to retrained their school staff to the KiVa program for the 2022-2024 period.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current primary outcome measures as of 30/05/2023: Universal component: 1. Number of KiVa lessons: at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up, teachers will report whether they delivered or not each of the 10 universal KiVa lessons. 2. Quality of KiVa lessons: at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up, teachers will answer five items measuring the quality of the KiVa lesson implementation (e.g., student engagement, lesson suitability, investment in the lessons). Indicated component: 3. Following recommended intervention guidelines: at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up, KiVa team members will report which method they used to try to make the bullying situation stop (Johander et al., 2020) 4. At pre-intervention, organisation of follow-up discussion: KiVa team members will answer whether they organized follow-up discussions, as recommended by the KiVa program, after the first discussion with the students involved in bullying cases (Johander et al., 2020). In addition, at post-intervention and 1-year follow-up: KiVa team members will answer nine questions on how consistently (1 = never, 2 = almost never, 3 = often, 4 = almost always, 5 = always) they have followed the recommended procedure for handling bullying cases. _____ Previous primary outcome measures: Universal component: 1. Number of KiVa lessons: at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up, teachers will report whether they delivered or not each of the 10 universal KiVa lessons. 2. Quality of KiVa lessons: at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up, teachers will answer five items measuring the quality of the KiVa lesson implementation (e.g., student engagement, lesson suitability, investment in the lessons). Indicated component: 3. Following recommended intervention guidelines: at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up, KiVa team members will report which method they used to try to make the bullying situation stop (Johander et al., 2020) 4. Organisatio | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 30/05/2023: Students: 1. Perception of teacher’s antibullying attitudes and behaviors will be measured at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up by using 2 items (students aged 7–9) or 9 items (students aged 10–12) developed for the purposes of this study 2. Quality of the KiVa lesson delivered by the teacher will be measured at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up by 2 items (students aged 7–9) or 5 items (students aged 10–12) developed for the purposes of this study 3. Bullying victimization will be measured at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up by using 1 item (students aged 7–9) or 6 items (students aged 10–12) from the revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) (Salmivalli et al. 2011) 4. Bullying perpetration will be measured at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up by using 1 item (students aged 7– 9) or 6 items (students aged 10–12) from the revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) (Salmivalli et al. 2011) Tertiary outcome measures: Teachers: 1. Self-efficacy to intervene in bullying will be assessed at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up with a 9-item questionnaire developed for another bullying prevention project (Tolmatcheff et al., in preparation) 2. Moral disengagement will be assessed at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up with a 9-item questionnaire; the questionnaire has been developed for the purpose of the study. 3. Perception of bullying as a malleable problem will be assessed at pre-, post-intervention and at 1-year follow-up with an 8-item questionnaire which aims to evaluate teacher’s perception of agency on bullying behaviors among students (Ahtola et al. 2012) 4. Focus group interviews on the mentorship process: These interviews will be conducted in April as part of the last mentoring session. Organisational features: Implementation capacity measure: In parallel of this trial, we aim to develop and test a questionnaire | — |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed