A cyberbullying intervention for Hong Kong Chinese college students

A cyberbullying intervention for Hong Kong Chinese college students

• Leung, Nga Man The Education University of Hong Kong
• Fung, Daniel Chi Lok The Education University of Hong Kong
• Farver, Joann M. The University of Southern California

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2017

Springer Netherlands

2017

• B Human Behaviour
  • BE Behavioural Problems, Unruly & Criminal Behaviours, Juvenile Delinquency, Children & Youth at Risk, Triad Society

Cyberbullying Intervention Experiential Learning Attitudes

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

A cyberbullying intervention was developed and empirically tested with 137 Hong Kong Chinese College students. The intervention was designed to change students’ attitudes about cyberbullying behavior and increase their awareness of cyberbullying. Participants were assigned to an experimental or control group. They completed questionnaires before the intervention (Time 1; T1), immediately after the intervention (Time 2; T2), and again eight weeks later (Time 3; T3). The experimental group participated in a 1-h intervention where they were presented with a simulated Facebook page showing the helpless feelings of cyber-victims, watched video clips of the consequences of cyberbullying, and engaged in small group discussions and a self-reflection writing task. Results showed that participants who received the intervention experienced an increase in their awareness and had more negative attitudes toward cyberbullying (i.e., the perception that cyberbullying is unacceptable behavior) than did the control group. In addition, those who reported being highly engaged in the intervention maintained the positive effects at the 8-week follow-up. The results demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of a short-term cyberbullying intervention for college students and that level of participant engagement contributes to its effectiveness.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 1871-2584
• 1871-2576

• 10.1007/s11482-017-9572-1

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/5125c15f

2018-03-16