@article{ref1,
title="Implementing a community bullying awareness intervention in an adolescent psychiatric unit: a feasibility study",
journal="Archives of psychiatric nursing",
year="2015",
author="Ayala, Leilanie Marie and Wang, Jichuan and Anderson, Stephanie and Brevard, Alexis and Ruiz, Michael and Bannerman, Reginald and Robertson, Barbara and Cheng, Yao Iris and Hinds, Pamela",
volume="29",
number="6",
pages="426-433",
abstract="PROBLEM: Adolescents with a mental health diagnosis are at risk of involvement in bullying. We tested the feasibility of a bullying awareness group intervention in an established inpatient psychiatric unit milieu. <br><br>METHODS: Adolescents admitted to an urban inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit were eligible to attend two sequential 1-hour Bullying Awareness intervention group sessions. Data were collected before the first session (T1), post-both sessions (T2), and following discharge from the unit (T3). <br><br>FINDINGS: A total of 65 adolescents were enrolled; most were female (66.2%), African-American (60%), and in grades 10 to 12 (57%). Intervention feasibility was achieved as >80% of participants completed all components of the intervention and 100% completed all study questionnaires at T1 and T2. Feasibility of the follow-up (T3) was not achieved. Bullying knowledge scores improved significantly from T1 to T2. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The intervention is feasible to implement in an inpatient adolescent psychiatry unit and can improve adolescents' bullying knowledge.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0883-9417",
doi="10.1016/j.apnu.2015.06.011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2015.06.011"
}