How schools tackle bullying, and the use of whole school policies: changes over the last decade
Abstract
Surveys were carried out to assess the UK government's anti-bullying pack Don't suffer in silence in 1996 (after the first edition) and 2002 (after the second edition), to investigate what schools are doing about bullying, and the effect of anti-bullying policies becoming a legal requirement. Schools in England were approached, randomly but within the constraint of having a spread across geographical regions. In 1996 109 schools and in 2002 148 schools were asked about school policy, interventions, and bullying frequency. Most schools moved from having a bullying policy as part of a broader policy on behaviour and discipline, to having a separate anti-bullying policy. More schools attempted to survey the extent of bullying and there were changes in the use of particular interventions. Most interventions were rated as moderately useful. Some variations in use and satisfaction between different school levels were found. The implications of anti-bullying work at schools and its success are discussed.
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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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- Authors
- Samara, M., & Smith, P. K.
- Affiliations
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Goldsmiths University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Educational Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2008-09-11
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 663-676
- ISSN
- 0144-3410 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-5820
- OpenAlex
- W2110879072
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 6.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Educational Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Research Repository (Kingston University London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Social Sciences › Education › Education Discipline and Inequality
- Keywords
- bullying, anti-bullying policy, whole-school policy, bullying intervention, policy implementation, school-level variation, England
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