1. A Friend In Deed? Can Adolescent Girls Be Taught to Understand Relational Bullying?
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James, Deborah, Flynn, Ann, Lawlor, Maria, Courtney, Pat, Murphy, Niamh, and Henry, Bernie
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BULLYING prevention , *ADOLESCENCE , *AGGRESSION (Psychology) , *CONFLICT management , *FRIENDSHIP , *JEALOUSY , *SCHOOL health services - Abstract
Relational aggression is common among girls. It can be distressing for the victim and may not always be recognised as a form of bullying. This paper evaluates a school-based intervention designed to help girls understand relational bullying. Girls from a single-sex school completed a two-stage evaluation of the intervention. Students showed greater awareness of relational bullying after the intervention and indicated that it would influence them to change their behaviour. At follow-up, retention of knowledge was good. Students reported greater self-monitoring of behaviour and less exclusivity. While this is encouraging, we cannot conclude that all negative behaviours ceased. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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