Effectiveness of reduction of bullying training on the rate of victim behaviors in children

This study investigated the effects of Reduction of Bullying Training Program on the rate of reduction victim behaviors in male s students of elementary school in Isfahan City. An experimental research with pre-test, post-test, and follow up (after six months of the post-test) design was carried out to pursue this purpose. Statistical population included all the male s bully children in the years of 1388-1389 in the city of Isfahan, Iran. Research sample included 40 Bullying children who were chosen after three stages of sampling by random multi-stage method and randomly assigned to two control and experimental groups. The research tools were Sociometry and Peer Relationship Questionnaire, with three subscales including bullying, victim prosocial behaviors. The Experimental group took part in 10 sessions of Reduction of Bullying Training Program twice a week, while the control group did not received any intervention. ANOVA analysis with Repeated Measures used to analyze the data collected by SPSS-20 software. The result indicated that Reduction of Bullying Training Program significantly decreased the rate of victim behaviors and all its dimensions. Therefore the most important application of this research is the effectiveness to reduce of bullying and victim problems in schools and general society.