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The Effectiveness of Moral Disengagement and Social Norms as Anti-Bullying Components: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Title: The Effectiveness of Moral Disengagement and Social Norms as Anti-Bullying Components: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Language: English
Authors: Tolmatcheff, Chloé (ORCID 0000-0002-5833-9176), Galand, Benoit (ORCID 0000-0003-3387-4305), Roskam, Isabelle (ORCID 0000-0002-1449-1133), Veenstra, René (ORCID 0000-0001-6686-6307)
Source: Child Development. Nov-Dec 2022 93(6):1873-1888.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Moral Values, Comparative Analysis, Bullying, Intervention, French, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Behavior Patterns, Guidelines, Prevention, Program Development, Cost Effectiveness, Social Behavior, Behavior Standards
Geographic Terms: Belgium
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13828
ISSN: 0009-3920
1467-8624
Abstract: This three-armed randomized controlled trial examined how moral disengagement and social norms account for change in bullying behavior and their potential as targets of anti-bullying components within separate interventions among 1200 French-speaking Belgian elementary students (48% boys, 9-12 year-olds, 57 classes, nine schools) during 2018-2019 (no ethnicity data available). Mediation analysis revealed that students' moral disengagement successfully decreased ([beta] = -0.46), which, in turn, reduced both bullying ([beta] = 0.33) and outsider behaviors ([beta] = 0.20), and increased defending ([beta] = -0.10). Intervening on social norms decreased bullying ([beta] = -0.18), but not through the perceived injunctive class norm as intended. Guidelines to open the "black box" of anti-bullying programs and determine the cost-effectiveness ratio of their components are provided.
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Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: EJ1354242
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This three-armed randomized controlled trial examined how moral disengagement and social norms account for change in bullying behavior and their potential as targets of anti-bullying components within separate interventions among 1200 French-speaking Belgian elementary students (48% boys, 9-12 year-olds, 57 classes, nine schools) during 2018-2019 (no ethnicity data available). Mediation analysis revealed that students' moral disengagement successfully decreased ([beta] = -0.46), which, in turn, reduced both bullying ([beta] = 0.33) and outsider behaviors ([beta] = 0.20), and increased defending ([beta] = -0.10). Intervening on social norms decreased bullying ([beta] = -0.18), but not through the perceived injunctive class norm as intended. Guidelines to open the "black box" of anti-bullying programs and determine the cost-effectiveness ratio of their components are provided.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.13828