The effect of Olweus bullying prevention program on reducing aggression and impulsive behaviors of bullying

Subject Areas : Educational

mohsen shakerinasab ¹ , mohammad mohammadipour ²

1 - Educational Psychology, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran

Received: 2020-08-06 Accepted : 2020-11-26 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: bullying prevention, high school students, aggression, impulsive behaviors, bullying students,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of bullying prevention training based on Olweus method on reducing aggression and impulsive behaviors of bullying students. In this study, a quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test design with control group was used and its statistical population consisted of ninth grade junior high school students in Bojnourd in the academic year of 2019-2020 in the number of 700 who after completing the Illinois Bullying Questionnaire A survey of school teachers and counselors identified Bullying students were identified, and 30 of them were randomly selected as the sample group and placed in two groups of 15 experimental and control. For both groups, the pretest, including the Bass and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992) and the Bart Impulsivity Questionnaire (1995), were performed. The experimental group underwent a 90-minute bullying prevention program and the control group did not receive any intervention. Post-test was completed for both groups and the results were analyzed by analysis of covariance. The results showed that bullying prevention training has a significant effect on reducing aggression and impulsive behaviors of bullying students(P <0.05). The results of this study show that this program can be used to reduce aggression and impulsivity of bullying children in schools. Accordingly, it is suggested that school counselors use this educational method to reduce students' negative behaviors

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