@article{ref1,
title="Promising results from the use of a Korean drama to address knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors on school bullying and mental health among Asian American college-aged students",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2020",
author="Ta Park, Van My and Suen Diwata, Joyce and Win, Nolee and Ton, Vy and Nam, Bora and Rajabally, Waleed and Jones, Vanya C.",
volume="17",
number="5",
pages="e1637-e1637",
abstract="The limited research on bullying, mental health (MH), and help-seeking for Asian American (ASA) college students is concerning due to the public health importance. Korean drama (K-Drama) television shows may be an innovative approach to improve knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) on bullying. This study examined whether the KAB about school bullying improved after watching a K-Drama and asked participants about their perspectives of using a K-Drama as an intervention. A convenience sample of college students (<i>n</i> = 118) watched a K-Drama portraying school bullying and MH issues. Pre-/post-tests on KAB on bullying were conducted. Interviews (<i>n</i> = 16) were used to understand their experiences with K-Dramas. The mean age was 22.1 years (1.6 SD), 83.9% were female, and 77.1% were ASAs. Many reported experiences with anxiety (67.8%), depression (38.1%), and school bullying victim experience (40.8%). Post-test scores revealed significant differences in knowledge by most school bullying variables (e.g., victim; witness) and MH issues. There were varying significant findings in post-test scores in attitudes and behaviors by these variables. Participants reported that they &quot;love&quot; the drama, felt an emotional connection, and thought that K-Dramas can be an educational tool for ASAs. K-Dramas may be an effective population-level tool to improve health outcomes among ASAs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph17051637",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051637"
}