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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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Testing the Social Validity of the CATZ Cross-Age Teaching Zone Anti-Bullying Intervention among School Students
Michael J. Boulton; Peter J. R. Macaulay
Research Papers in Education, v39 n4 p629-649 2024
Bullying is a considerable problem among school students, and school-wide positive behaviour support interventions are regarded as helpful in addressing it. One approach is the CATZ Cross-age Teaching Zone anti-bullying intervention. The present study assessed the social validity of the CATZ anti-bullying intervention among a sample of 9-15-year-olds in a pre-post experimental design (N = 817, of which 546 experienced CATZ). Overall, participants expressed moderately positive views of the CATZ anti-bullying intervention, and these became significantly stronger following direct experience of it. Among participants who experienced the CATZ anti-bullying intervention, social validity ratings predicted a greater willingness to engage in it in the future. Alongside the extant data for its effectiveness, our findings support the wider use of the CATZ anti-bullying intervention in schools, and suggestions for how this might be brought about are discussed.
Descriptors: Validity, Intervention, Bullying, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Student Experience, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Junior High School Students, High School Students, Foreign Countries, Tutors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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