The effects of an anti-bullying intervention programme on peers attitudes and behaviour

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an anti-bullying intervention programme on peersʹ attitudes towards bullying and their attempts to solve bully/victim conflicts. An experimental pre-test/post-test design with a control group was used. For secondary school students, positive outcomes were observed at post-test 1 on attitudes and on actual rates of intervention. However, the effects had disappeared at post-test 2. For primary school students, significant differences were found at post-test 2, showing a smaller decline in seeking teacherʹs help and in heightening studentsʹ support for victims. Studentsʹ competence to solve bully/victim problems in relation to their general prosocial development is discussed