Scientists find ‘potential breakthrough’ to stop bullying in schools
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New method can help create more pro-victim bystanders and ‘anti-bullying climate’ in schools.
By Vishwam Sankaran
A new way of tackling bullying trialled among students in South Korea could be a potential game-changer in creating an ‘anti-bullying climate’ in schools, scientists say.
Bullying, or peer victimisation, is a worldwide crisis across schools that can devastate victims, likely leading to depression, anxiety, and self-harm.
Researchers have attempted to tackle bullying previously by focusing on ways to change individual students’ behaviour.
However, educational psychologists, including those from Korea University, say such past interventions have been ‘largely unsuccessful’.
The latest study, published recently in the journal American Psychology, trialled a new way of tackling bullying that lays focus on teachers creating an ‘anti-bullying climate’ in classrooms.
Psychologists equipped teachers with professional development experience to establish a highly supportive classr...
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