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10 - Australia: the Friendly Schools project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2009

By
Donna Cross ,
Margaret Hall ,
Greg Hamilton ,
Yolanda Pintabona  and
Erin Erceg
Edited by
Peter K. Smith ,
Debra Pepler  and
Ken Rigby
Donna Cross
Affiliation:
Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845 d.cross@curtin.edu.au or, dscross@bigpond.com
Margaret Hall
Affiliation:
Centre for Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, m.hall@ecu.edu.au
Greg Hamilton
Affiliation:
Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, g.hamilton@curtin.edu.au
Yolanda Pintabona
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, y.pintabona@curtin.edu.au
Erin Erceg
Affiliation:
Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, e.erceg@curtin.edu.au
Peter K. Smith
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Debra Pepler
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
Ken Rigby
Affiliation:
University of South Australia
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Summary

Impetus for the Friendly Schools intervention study

In Australia, approximately 1 in 6 school students reports being bullied at least once a week, and 1 in 20 reports bullying others in the past 6 months (Rigby, 1997; Zubrick et al., 1997). Slee and Rigby (1993; Slee, 1995) found that while most of these episodes of bullying last for a day or two, 17% last for 6 months or more. Australian primary-school children of both genders report being bullied more often than secondary-school students, with more boys than girls bullying others and being bullied (Rigby and Slee, 1991; Rigby, 1997; Rigby and Slee, 1998).

Despite Australian schools' increasing need systematically to address bullying, prior to 1999 no system-level, evidence-based recommendations or state curriculum materials to help to reduce bullying were available. Many school staff reported that they were unsure of the effectiveness of the strategies they utilised, and often did not know what actions could be taken at a whole-school level to reduce, or prevent, the harm from student bullying.

In response to this situation, in 1999, the Curtin University, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, applied for and received funding extensively to review and synthesise international published empirical and theoretical evidence of successful school-based strategies to reduce the harm experienced by children from being bullied or bullying others. This systematic review provided a set of ‘successful’ practice principles and exemplar case studies to develop a whole-school approach to reduce bullying.

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Bullying in Schools
How Successful Can Interventions Be?
 , pp. 187 - 210
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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  • Australia: the Friendly Schools project
    • By Donna Cross, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845 d.cross@curtin.edu.au or, dscross@bigpond.com, Margaret Hall, Centre for Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, m.hall@ecu.edu.au, Greg Hamilton, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, g.hamilton@curtin.edu.au, Yolanda Pintabona, School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, y.pintabona@curtin.edu.au, Erin Erceg, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, e.erceg@curtin.edu.au
  • Edited by Peter K. Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London, Debra Pepler, York University, Toronto, Ken Rigby, University of South Australia
  • Book: Bullying in Schools
  • Online publication: 02 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511584466.011
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    • By Donna Cross, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845 d.cross@curtin.edu.au or, dscross@bigpond.com, Margaret Hall, Centre for Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, m.hall@ecu.edu.au, Greg Hamilton, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, g.hamilton@curtin.edu.au, Yolanda Pintabona, School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, y.pintabona@curtin.edu.au, Erin Erceg, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, e.erceg@curtin.edu.au
  • Edited by Peter K. Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London, Debra Pepler, York University, Toronto, Ken Rigby, University of South Australia
  • Book: Bullying in Schools
  • Online publication: 02 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511584466.011
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  • Australia: the Friendly Schools project
    • By Donna Cross, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845 d.cross@curtin.edu.au or, dscross@bigpond.com, Margaret Hall, Centre for Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, m.hall@ecu.edu.au, Greg Hamilton, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, g.hamilton@curtin.edu.au, Yolanda Pintabona, School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, y.pintabona@curtin.edu.au, Erin Erceg, Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, e.erceg@curtin.edu.au
  • Edited by Peter K. Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London, Debra Pepler, York University, Toronto, Ken Rigby, University of South Australia
  • Book: Bullying in Schools
  • Online publication: 02 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511584466.011
Available formats
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