Analyzing the effectiveness of the Korean National anti-bullying program – WEE project

Rosa Minhyo Cho and Mikyung Park

International Review of Public Administration, 2015, vol. 20, issue 3, 287-304

Abstract: Bullying is a growing public health concern for South Korean adolescents. This study examines the effectiveness of a Korean national counseling service program (i.e., WEE project) on reducing student bullying behavior by employing a quasi-experimental design with before-and-after measures of peer victimization and perpetration. Using a representative longitudinal sample of 2972 students from 63 middle schools in Seoul, multivariate regression, fixed-effect regression, and propensity score matching techniques were employed to examine the change in student bullying behavior following random assignment into intervention versus control group schools. Results indicate, however, that the WEE project was not associated with any change in students’ likelihood of peer victimization and perpetration in terms of verbal, physical, and relational bullying. Possible reasons for the null findings as well as policy implications are further discussed.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2015.1039779

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