Declines in efficacy of anti-bullying programs among older adolescents: Theory and a three-level meta-analysis
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Long-term and very expensive interventions typically show very small effects on changes in adolescent behavior in retrospect.
“long-term and very expensive interventions typically show very small effects on changes in adolescent behavior in retrospect (for a review, see Yeager et al., 2015).”
From Effects of a Brief Preventive Intervention in Cyberbullying and Grooming in Adolescents (2021) · cites this paper as Yeager et al., 2015
Meta-analytical evidence suggests that anti-bullying programs' effectiveness decreases with age, with zero effectiveness in adolescence.
“Regarding anti-bullying programs, meta-analytical evidence suggests that their effectiveness decreases with age, with zero effectiveness in adolescence (Yeager et al., 2015).”
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Traditional antibullying interventions were effective from childhood to early adolescence, but their effectiveness decreased with age until reaching a null effect in adolescents.
“Yeager et al. (2015) proposed that traditional antibullying interventions were effective from childhood to early adolescence. However, a decrease in the effectiveness was noted with the increase in age until reaching a null effect in the case of adolescents.”
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The effectiveness of interventions in adolescence is extremely limited.
“According to the results of metaanalytic studies, the effectiveness of interventions in adolescence is extremely limited.”
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“Although the effects are small, long-term and very expensive interventions typically show very small effects on changes in adolescent behavior in retrospect (for a review, see Yeager et al., 2015).”
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“Regarding anti-bullying programs, meta-analytical evidence suggests that their effectiveness decreases with age, with zero effectiveness in adolescence (Yeager et al., 2015).”
- Authors
- Yeager, D. S., Fong, C. J., Lee, H. Y., & Espelage, D. L.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yeager, David Scott
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-03
- Volume
- 37
- Pages
- 36-51
- ISSN
- 0193-3973 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1576239983
- Cited by
- 472
- References
- 166
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 55 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 68.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Keywords
- bullying prevention programs, bullying prevention, older adolescents, causes of bullying, school-based intervention
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