TY - JOUR
T1 - A group randomized controlled trial evaluating parent involvement in whole-school actions to reduce bullying
AU - Cross, Donna
AU - Lester, Leanne
AU - Pearce, Natasha
AU - Barnes, Amy
AU - Beatty, Shelley
PY - 2018/5/4
Y1 - 2018/5/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bullying prevention
KW - longitudinal
KW - parents
KW - randomized controlled trial
KW - whole-school interventions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84994894939&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00220671.2016.1246409
DO - 10.1080/00220671.2016.1246409
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994894939
SN - 0022-0671
VL - 111
SP - 255
EP - 267
JO - The Journal of Educational Research
JF - The Journal of Educational Research
IS - 3
ER -