Evaluation of the Safe School Ambassadors Program: A Student-led Approach to Reducing Mistreatment and Bullying in Schools

A Systematic Review of the Effects of Schoolwide Intervention Programs on Student and Teacher Perceptions of School Climate

“…The most commonly assessed domain across all 34 measures of school climate was environment ( n = 26, 76%). School climate measures were developed specifically for the intervention in six (23%) of the reviewed studies (Cook et al, 1999, 2000; Cross et al, 2011; Kayiwa et al, 2017; Pack et al, 2011; Sawyer et al, 2010). Measures of instrument reliability were reported by study authors as Cronbach’s alpha is 21 (81%) of the studies, but measures of validity of the school climate measures were reported in only 7 (27 %).…”

“…Common themes across these programs included emphasis on mindfulness, self-concept, respect for others, honesty, and positive thinking. Half of the SEL studies tested the effects of teacher-implemented SEL programs on students’ perceptions of the school climate (Acosta et al, 2019; Gol-Guven, 2017; Pack et al, 2011; Snyder et al, 2012) whereas three studies only assessed teacher perceptions of climate (Jennings et al, 2013; Kayiwa et al, 2017; Rivers et al, 2013). One study assessed both teacher and student perceptions (Sawyer et al, 2010).…”

So you want to study bullying? Recommendations to enhance the validity, transparency, and compatibility of bullying research

“…What logic models provide is the requisite that researchers carefully and deliberately outline the theoretical links behind their proposed research or intervention. Particularly in behaviors as complex as bullying, logic models often focus solely on the specific variables discussed within the study or intervention (Pack, White, Raczynski, & Wang, 2011;Smith, Ryan, & Cousins, 2007). This explicit focus clarifies not only what a study is measuring, but also what it is not measuring.…”

Anti‐Bullying Interventions With an Emphasis on Bystanders: A Scoping Review

“…12 significant increase in publications in the last 10 There were 12 preventive strategies observed, and their characteristics are described in detail in tables in the Supporting Information. These strategies were investigated in 23 studies, with 11 studies (52.2%) assessing 10 universal programs: Media Heroes; 15 Friendly Attac; 16 School of Empathy Game; 17 Befriending intervention; 18 Curriculum-Based Anti-Bullying; 19,20 Anti-bullying Intervention; 21 Safe School Ambassadors (SSA); 22 Bystander Intervention Training; 23 FearNot! ; 24 and 5 W's Approach to Bullying Intervention.…”

“…Seven interventions involved training teachers to provide knowledge on the subject and suggesting pedagogical activities to be conducted with students to teach them how to react if they witness incidents of bullying. 15,[18][19][20][21][22][23][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] Five interventions presented structured curriculum materials to address the issue of bullying and included discussions on what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior in the face of bullying as part of classroom rules. 15,[19][20][21]23,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] Only 2 interventions included materials for parents, such as leaflets, letters, and meetings in KiVa −34 and presentations to caregivers 15 in Media Heroes.…”