@article{ref1,
title="The effect of motivational interviewing on peer bullying and cyberbullying in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial",
journal="Journal of nursing scholarship",
year="2024",
author="Seyhan Şahin, Semra and Ayaz-Alkaya, Sultan",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: The study was carried out to investigate the effect of motivational interviewing on peer bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents. <br><br>DESIGN: A parallel-group randomized controlled trial. <br><br>METHODS: The study population consisted of ninth-grade (aged 14 years) high school students (n = 200). The study was completed with 48 participants (intervention: 24; control: 24). The data were collected using the Participant Information Form, the Stages of Change Questionnaire, the Peer Bullying Scale, and the Cyberbullying Scale. The intervention group received a preparatory session and five weekly motivational interviewing sessions. Instruments were administered to both groups before the intervention, at the end of the last motivational interviewing session (post-test), and at 3rd- and 6th-month follow-ups. The data were analyzed using chi-square test, independent sample t-test, and two-way mixed-design ANOVA with Bonferroni's test. <br><br>RESULTS: In the pre-test, no statistically significant difference was observed between the intervention and control groups regarding mean scores for peer bullying and cyberbullying (p > 0.05). Following the motivational interviewing sessions, adolescents in the intervention group had a significantly lower mean score for peer bullying and cyberbullying than the control group at the post-test and follow-up tests (p < 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The present study concluded that motivational interviewing effectively reduced peer bullying and cyberbullying behaviors among adolescents. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Nurses would implement motivational interviewing to prevent bullying behaviors in schools.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1527-6546",
doi="10.1111/jnu.12959",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12959"
}