The effect of the NoTrap! Antibullying program on ethnic victimization: When the peer educators’ immigrant status matters

Autor: Valentina Zambuto, Federica Stefanelli, Benedetta E. Palladino, Annalaura Nocentini, Ersilia Menesini
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Developmental Psychology. 58:1176-1187
ISSN: 1939-0599
0012-1649
DOI: 10.1037/dev0001343
Popis: Nowadays, an increasing number of children and adolescents living in Europe have an immigrant background. Because ethnicity is a recognizable characteristic that may become the driver of bullying, these youths are at high risk of victimization. School interventions based on peer-led approaches, assuming all the conditions postulated in contact theory, could be suitable to counteract bias-based bullying and victimization.This study aims to analyze whether the NoTrap! antibullying program, an evidence-based peer-led intervention, may also be effective in counteracting ethnic bullying and victimization when students with an immigrant background are involved as peer educators. There were 1,570 students who participated in the study: 24 control classes (
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