Randomized Controlled Trial of a Family Intervention for Children Bullied by Peers☆
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Recruitment
The 111 families were recruited between September 2010 and March 2012. All assessments and program sessions were held at a family clinic in Brisbane, Australia. Families were informed about the trial through school newsletters and, after initiating contact, were assessed for eligibility. To be eligible, the target child needed to be (a) aged between 6 and 12 years, (b) living at home, (c) attending a regular elementary school,1
Preliminary Analyses
To check the effectiveness of randomization, we analyzed between-group differences at Time 1. There was a significant difference on one demographic measure with AC parents tending to be older, F(1, 107) = 11.20, p = .001. There was an initial difference between groups on 2 of the 26 outcome variables. The AC group reported higher scores on Problem of Sibling Agonism, F(1, 107) = 4.27, p = .041, and RTP children were liked less by peers of the opposite sex than were AC children, F(1, 107) = 4.27, p = .041.
Discussion
This trial examined the effectiveness of Resilience Triple P (RTP) in improving outcomes for children bullied by peers. For bullying victimization, there were significant improvements over time across both conditions, but children whose families received RTP had significantly greater overall change reported by children and parents and significantly greater reductions in overt victimization reported by teachers. For child distress, children who received RTP had significantly better outcomes than
Conflict of Interest Statement
Researchers for this trial are also authors of the Resilience Triple P program. The copyright for Resilience Triple P is owned by University of Queensland and any possible future royalties for publication of the program would be distributed according to university intellectual property policies.
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We gratefully acknowledge the funding of this trial by the Australian Research Council (DP1095196) supplemented by a philanthropic donation by the Butta and Filewood families. We thank local theme-park Dreamworld for providing discount cards for families. Thank you to Dr. Michael Ireland for providing expert statistical consultancy in LMM to analyze our data.