What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis

The prevalence of bullying worldwide is high (UNESCO, 2018). Over the past decades, many anti-bullying interventions have been developed to remediate this problem. However, we lack insight into for whom these interventions work and what individual intervention components drive the total intervention effects.

Citation:
Hensums M, de Mooij B, Kuijper SC, Cross D, et al for the Anti-Bullying Interventions Research Consortium. What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. Prev Sci. 2022

Keywords:
Anti-bullying interventions; Bullying; Effectiveness; Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis; Victimization; exploratory research; meta analysis; randomized controlled trial (topic)

Abstract:
The prevalence of bullying worldwide is high (UNESCO, 2018). Over the past decades, many anti-bullying interventions have been developed to remediate this problem. However, we lack insight into for whom these interventions work and what individual intervention components drive the total intervention effects.