TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Effects of a social and emotional competence enhancement program for adolescents who bully: a quasi-experimental design
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Song, Yul-Mai
A1  - Kim, Sunah
SP  - e7339
EP  - e7339
VL  - 19
IS  - 12
N2  - BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to develop a social and emotional competence enhancement (SECE) program as an intervention for adolescents who bully, and to investigate its effects on school bullying behavior and mental health. <br><br>METHODS: A pre-posttest, 1-month follow-up nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used. In total, 71 school bullies were included in the analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The effects of this program were significant with regard to group-by-time interaction effects on social competence, emotional regulation, empathy, and school bullying behavior at the 1-month follow-up. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that the SECE program was effective at reducing school bullying behavior in adolescents who bully. School and community-based mental health professionals can provide feasible interventions that can be used in the short term to reduce school bullying behavior in adolescents who bully.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127339
ID  - ref1
ER  -