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Study NCT ID: NCT06656910
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
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First Post: 2024-10-23

Brief Title: The Effect of the Self-compassion Development Program on Bullying and Victimization in Middle School Students
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Study Overview

Official Title: The Effect of the Self-compassion Development Program on Bullying and Victimization in Middle School Students
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
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Brief Summary: Violence in schools is an important public health problem affecting the health and safety of schools Peer bullying which is a common form of school violence is defined as the behaviour of a bully person or group that deliberately hurts and upsets a person who is weaker than himher more than once and causes stress in the person exposed to this situation In peer bullying there are roles as victim bully and audience Bullying has serious consequences on children in all roles It affects both health and academic success There are individual familial school-related and environmental reasons for peer bullying There is a significant increase in the rates of peer bullying both in the world and in our country It is most common in the middle school period among school periods Self-compassion a protective factor for individuals can be expressed as the understanding they show to themselves in the face of negative situations they have encountered throughout their lives Individuals with self-compassion can approach themselves with love and compassion when they make mistakes or face difficulties in life thinking that this situation is unique to human beings When we look at the common characteristics of bullies and victims it is seen that they experience depression and anxiety are angry and cannot communicate effectively Not criticising oneself if it is destructive and cruel having a compassionate attitude towards oneself protects the individual from negative feelings and thoughts improves self-esteem and leads to a decrease in depression and anxiety It is seen that people with high levels of self-compassion exhibit less aggressive behaviour In this study a 7-week self-compassion development programme will be implemented for secondary school students
Detailed Description: Peer bullying is a significant school and public health problem that affects school safety and the health of individuals in the school Peer bullying is a type of aggression in which one or more students intentionally and continuously harass weaker students and the victim is unable to protect himself In order for the disturbing situation to be considered peer bullying there must be an unequal power relationship between individuals and this situation must be intentional and continuous Uz 2018 Olweus 1999 When the results of recent research and the news in the media are examined it is seen that violence and bullying incidents in schools which affect childrens academic success and psychological development are increasing among children and adolescents According to the 2022 report of the OECDs Programme for International Student Assessment PISA on average 20 of students across OECD countries report that they are bullied at least a few times a month This rate which was 19 in our country in PISA 2015 data is reported as 27 according to 2022 data According to studies the incidence of peer bullying increases during secondary school Gökkaya and Sütçü 2020 Grant et al 2019 httpspisamebgovtr Access date 22102024

Compassion is to approach failure or error by thinking that it can be a common experience for all people instead of hurting people Compassion involves being sensitive to other peoples sadness sharing the pain of other individuals and understanding the people in front of us without judging them Self-compassion a protective factor for individuals can be expressed as the understanding they show themselves in the face of negative situations they encounter throughout their lives Individuals who show compassion to themselves do not make harsh judgments and self-criticism towards themselves Self-compassion can also be defined as an individual trying to understand themselves without prejudice and behaving kindly and compassionately towards themselves instead of judging or criticizing themselves harshly Self-compassion has three basic components self-kindness perception of common human experience and awareness Kurtoğlu and Başgül 2021 Not criticizing oneself if one is destructive and cruel and being able to have a compassionate attitude towards oneself protects the individual from negative feelings and thoughts improves self-esteem and causes a decrease in depression and anxiety Germer and Neff 2019 In a study evaluating psychological well-being in the adolescent population it was observed that there was a significant negative relationship between stress anxiety depression levels and self-compassion levels in adolescents Marsh et al 2018 There are other studies supporting the fact that individuals with high self-compassion levels exhibit less aggressive attitudes towards other people Fresnics and Borders 2017 Sommerfeld and Bitton 2020 Individuals who cannot show self-compassion have difficulty developing appropriate understanding in the painful experiences of others Saricaoğlu and Arslan 2019 When the information obtained from the literature is evaluated it is thought that the self-compassion development program will have an effect on middle school students bullying and victimization

The research was planned as a randomly assigned intervention and control group pre-test post-test after the intervention and follow-up test three months after the intervention The data will be collected with Personal Information Form Identifying Victims of Peer Bullying Scale Identifying Peer Bullies Scale and Self-Compassion Scale Short Form

It was aimed to reach a total of 102 students 51 in the experimental group and 51 in the control group out of the students enrolled in the 5th grade N185 in the Milli Eğitim Vakfı Middle School in Usküdar district of Istanbul province The students were assigned to groups by lot

This study aims to evaluate the effects of a self-compassion development program on bullying and victimization among secondary school students

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