Bullying, bullying victimization, mental health Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental health, victims of bullying
Conditions
Interventions
Twenty public schools are randomised 1:1 to either a preventive intervention or the control condition.
The intervention group receives a school-based web-enabled bullying prevention programme (LINKl
Sponsors
Celso Arango
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Primary and secondary publicly funded schools in the Madrid region where 1.1. Headteacher consent is provided 1.2. Pupils with special educational needs are enrolled in regular classrooms and/or specialized educational services for children with neurodevelopmental disorders are provided 2. Pupils enrolled in participating schools 2.1. Parental consent is given for participation 2.2. Aged 8 to 16 years (primary school grades 3 to 6 and secondary school grades 1 to 4) 3. Teachers at participating schools primary schools, teaching primary school grades 3 to 6 or secondary school grades 1 to 4 who agree to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Private or concerted schools will not be included
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Peer-reported bullying victimization measured using student-provided peer nominations and ratings of their social preferences collected through a web-based platform (www.sociescuela.es) to develop social maps at baseline, 12 weeks, and one year after the intervention ends. Sociescuela is a web-based bullying assessment instrument and is composed of three subscales: i) a victimisation subscale, ii) an acceptance subscale, and iii) a subscale of perceived attributes, which helps identify different victim profiles (e.g. active vs. passive). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Self-reported bullying and victimization measured using a self-report questionnaire collected through a web-based platform (www.sociescuela.es) at baseline, 12 weeks, and one year after the intervention ends. This specifically designed questionnaire, assesses different bullying behaviours and their intensity and frequency, and is based on customary bullying definitions and previous questionnaires used in other bullying prevention programmes such as KiVA. 2. Psychological measures of general psychopathology, psychotic-like experiences, depressive symptoms, and self-esteem are measured using questionnaires collected through a web-based platform (www.sociescuela.es) at baseline, 12 weeks, and one year after the intervention ends. General psychopathology is assessed using the self-report Spanish version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Internalising and externalising psychopathology are measured with the internalising and externalising subscales of the SDQ. Positive psychotic-like experiences are assessed with the Spanish version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE-P15). Depressive symptoms are assessed using nine selected items on the Major Depression Disorder subscale of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale. Self-esteem is assessed with an adapted version of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. 3. Quality of life measured using the Spanish version of the KIDscreen-10 via a web-based platform (www.sociescuela.es) at baseline, 12 weeks, and one year after the intervention ends | — |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Public ContactCelso Arango
Outcome results
None listed