Examining the efficacy of the Olweus prevention programme in reducing bullying: the Malaysian experience
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Many countries have adapted or adopted the Olweus Bullying Prevention Programme after it was reported that there was a significant reduction in levels of bullying and being bullied. The positive changes were maintained 20 months after the intervention. The objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of the Olweus prevention programme in reducing bullying in selected schools in Malaysia. This study used an experimental pre-test/post-test comparison including a control group involving six secondary schools. Results showed some indication of the effectiveness of the bully-intervention programme in one of the schools. Intervention at the classroom level showed more positive results.
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The OBPP has demonstrated reductions in school bullying for different age groups across the globe.
“The programme has been extensively researched over the last decade and has demonstrated reductions in school bullying for different age groups across the globe (e.g., Yaakub et al., 2010;Samara and Smith, 2008).”
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The Introduction (page unavailable) reports positive outcomes in some countries but describes results across countries as varied and inconsistent, including no improvement among Flemish secondary-school students. Sections 3.1–3.2 (pages unavailable) find reductions in one Malaysian experimental school and among some Form Two students, while bullying increased overall across the experimental schools. The source therefore supports reductions in some settings, not the broad claim of demonstrated reductions across age groups and the globe. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Yaakub, N. F., Haron, F., & Leong, G. C.
- Affiliations
- HELP University (MY)
- Corresponding author
- Yaakub, Noran Fauziah
- Venue
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 5
- Pages
- 595-598
- ISSN
- 1877-0428 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2057069476
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- UNICEF
- 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 › Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Keywords
- bullying prevention, bullying, school-based intervention, secondary schools, intervention efficacy, Malaysia
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