Success in Stages® Program
Problems addressed
School violence or bullying
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Children (4 to 13 years)
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Where the program was applied
Education establishment
Country of application
United States
Description

This is a school program to prevent and reduce bullying among students.
The intervention is carried out in three sessions:
1) Initially, an assessment of the students’ behavior and roles in relation to bullying is carried out by accessing the program’s website. The system generates individualized feedback, both in text and graphic forms, informing the student of the next stage of change.
2) Sessions 2 and 3 offer normative (compared to peers who have made more progress) and self-referential (compared to oneself) feedback on how they have progressed since their last interaction with the program. The feedback also positively reinforces any progress and provides behavioral strategies for moving on to the next phase.

Impact evaluations

Impact evaluation studies showed that the program led to a statistically significant decrease in bullying and victimization, but no significant change in passive bystander behavior [1] [2].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Johnson, Janet L.. et al. (2005). Elementary School Bullying (ESB): Effectiveness Trial Data Analysis Report. West Kingston, R.I.: Pro Change Behavior Systems, Inc.

[2] Evers, K. E., Prochaska, J. O., van Marter, D. F., Johnson, J. L. & Prochaska, J. M. (2008). Transtheoretical-based bullying prevention effectiveness trials in middle schools and high schools. Educational Research, 49(4), 397–414. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131880701717271

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