How to Stop Victims' Suffering? Indirect Effects of an Anti-Bullying Program on Internalizing Symptoms.

ABSTRACT: Victims of bullying and cyberbullying present internalizing problems, such as anxiety, psychosomatic and depressive symptoms, and are at higher risk of considering or attempting suicide. Researchers have put great effort into developing interventions able to stop bullying and cyberbullying, and thus buffering possible negative consequences. Despite this, only a few of them have investigated the effects of these programs on the psychological suffering of the victims. The NoTrap! program is an Italian evidence-based intervention able to reduce victimization, bullying, cybervictimization and cyberbullying. The aim of the present study is to analyze whether the NoTrap! program can reduce internalizing symptoms through the decrease in both victimization and cybervictimization. Participants were

SUBMITTER: Palladino BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6678412 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature