When Prevention is Not Enough: Students' Perception of Bullying and School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gage, Nicholas A.; Rose, Chad A.; Kramer, Dennis A.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral disorders. Volume 45:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 40
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: bullying -- positive behavioral supports -- challenging behavior(s) -- quasi-experimental design; Behavior disorders in children -- Periodicals; Child Behavior Disorders; Comportement, Troubles du, chez l'enfant -- Périodiques; Behavior disorders in children; Trouble du comportement; Trouble affectif; Jeune; Periodicals; Periodicals; 618.9289005
• DOI: 10.1177/0198742918810761
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0198-7429

Abstract

Bullying continues to be a major concern in U.S. schools and is the focus of myriad prevention and intervention efforts. Researchers have recently cited school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS) as a prevention framework for reducing school-based bullying. Therefore, we examined the effect of universal SWPBIS implemented with fidelity on students' self-report of bullying victimization. We used school-level propensity score matching to compare 76, 248 students' self-report of bullying victimization in 118 schools that implemented SWPBIS with fidelity and 118 matched comparison schools. Random-effects regression models found no statistically significant difference between treatment groups on students' self-report of bullying victimization. Recommendations and limitations are discussed.