Addressing Cyberbullying in School Using the Quality Circle Approach

Paul, Simone; Smith, Peter K.; Blumberg, Herbert H.

doi:10.1375/ajgc.20.2.157

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“…There are a number of possibilities for why these differences exist. One possibility is that a larger number of nationwide interventions have been conducted in European countries than in North America (e.g., Genta, Brighi, & Guarini, 2009;Livingstone & Haddon, 2009;Paul, Smith, & Blumberg, 2010), and, thus, the overall prevalence in these countries might be lower than in North America. Indeed, we tested this possibility with available data from Table 1, and the difference in average CV prevalence rates between European/Australian samples (M ϭ 16.34) and North American samples (M ϭ 21.6) is marginally significant, t(54) ϭ 1.56, p ϭ .06 (one-tailed).…”

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Bullying in the digital age: A critical review and meta-analysis of cyberbullying research among youth.

Kowalski

Giumetti

Schroeder

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Psychological Bulletin

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Although the Internet has transformed the way our world operates, it has also served as a venue for cyberbullying, a serious form of misbehavior among youth. With many of today's youth experiencing acts of cyberbullying, a growing body of literature has begun to document the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of this behavior, but the literature is highly fragmented and lacks theoretical focus. Therefore, our purpose in the present article is to provide a critical review of the existing cyberbullying research. The general aggression model is proposed as a useful theoretical framework from which to understand this phenomenon. Additionally, results from a meta-analytic review are presented to highlight the size of the relationships between cyberbullying and traditional bullying, as well as relationships between cyberbullying and other meaningful behavioral and psychological variables. Mixed effects meta-analysis results indicate that among the strongest associations with cyberbullying perpetration were normative beliefs about aggression and moral disengagement, and the strongest associations with cyberbullying victimization were stress and suicidal ideation. Several methodological and sample characteristics served as moderators of these relationships. Limitations of the meta-analysis include issues dealing with causality or directionality of these associations as well as generalizability for those meta-analytic estimates that are based on smaller sets of studies (k < 5). Finally, the present results uncover important areas for future research. We provide a relevant agenda, including the need for understanding the incremental impact of cyberbullying (over and above traditional bullying) on key behavioral and psychological outcomes.

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Bullying in the digital age: A critical review and meta-analysis of cyberbullying research among youth.

Kowalski

Giumetti

Schroeder

et al. 2014

Psychological Bulletin

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130

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“…Paul, Smith, and Blumberg (2010) discussed the Quality Circle approach as a way to combat cyberbullying in schools. This approach is student-centered and focuses on the students coming together in groups and taking a three part approach around cyberbullying: analyzing the problems around cyberbullying, developing solutions around cyberbullying, and then developing solutions that would work to combat the issue of cyberbullying in the school.…”

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“…Together, adequate intervention and prevention strategies can be developed and implemented. Furthermore, use of strategies from other countries, like quality circles (Paul et al, 2010), should be explored in the United States. The strategies mentioned in this study-such as using freshmen retreats and orientations with refreshers should be further explored.…”

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Student and School Staff Strategies to Combat Cyberbullying in an Urban Student Population

Pelfrey

Weber

2014

Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children a

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“…In a previous case study in an English secondary school (Paul, Smith, & Blumberg, 2010), QCs were implemented by six groups over a one-term period, from March to July 2009. Analysis of the information reported by the QCs showed that general bullying most often occurred as verbal bullying in the form of 'cussing', namely insults.…”

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Revisiting cyberbullying in schools using the quality circle approach

Paul

Smith

Blumberg

2012

School Psychology International

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An earlier study reported the use of Quality Circles (QC) in a UK school in the context of understanding and reducing bullying and cyberbullying. Here, we report further work in the same school setting. The QC approach allows explorative analysis of problems in school settings, whereby students embark on a problem-solving exercise over a period of time. The process involves identifying key issues and prioritizing concerns, analysing problems and generating solutions, through participation in a series of workshops. The purpose of this research was to explore further the use of QCs as an effective means of gathering information on bullying and cyberbullying in school, and how these might have changed over one academic year; as well as to examine the use of QCs in empowering pupils and in producing pupil-led solutions. This study validated the use of QCs as an engaging process for pupils (N ¼ 30) which encourages a range of suggested solutions to problems. The information gained from the QCs supported a transitory notion of bullying behaviour, whereby forms of bullying and cyberbullying continue to alter over time, thus prevention programmes must adapt to the changeable nature of this behaviour to remain effective.Social researchers and education practitioners are struggling to keep up with the changing nature of bullying, and especially aspects of cyberbullying. Advances in technology are causing methods of cyberbullying to evolve at a considerable rate as young people utilize media communication tools to adopt new forms of cyberbullying behaviour. This ultimately impacts on the ability of school personnel to

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Addressing Cyberbullying in School Using the Quality Circle Approach

Cited by 28 publications

References 7 publications

Bullying in the digital age: A critical review and meta-analysis of cyberbullying research among youth.

Bullying in the digital age: A critical review and meta-analysis of cyberbullying research among youth.

Student and School Staff Strategies to Combat Cyberbullying in an Urban Student Population

Revisiting cyberbullying in schools using the quality circle approach

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