Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Bullying Intervention in Schools

A Multilevel Analysis of Teachers’ Success in Handling Bullying From the Students’ Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID11670953
AuthorsSebastian Wach (0000-0003-2787-6646, University of Potsdam, corresponding author), Ludwig Bilz (0000-0003-3017-0492, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany), Saskia Niproschke (University of Potsdam), Wilfried Schubarth (0000-0002-5639-5094, University of Potsdam)
Year2018
Volume39
Issue5
Pages642-668
Publication date2018-06-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431618780423
OpenAlexW2808376877
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited49

To date, little has been known about teachers’ success in bullying interventions. Thus, the present study analyzes how successfully teachers intervene in real bullying situations, based on an analysis of 1,996 reports by German students aged between 12 and 15 (49.2% female) from 24 schools. Predictors of success included intervention strategy (authoritarian-punitive, supportive-individual, supportive-cooperative intervention), bullying form (physical, verbal, relational, cyber), and the student’s bullying role (bully, victim, bystander) in the particular situation. Multilevel analyses showed that supportive-cooperative intervention strategies were the most successful in dealing with bullying in both the short and long term. In the long term, students evaluated teachers as being more successful in dealing with cyberbullying compared with physical bullying. Compared with students who observed bullying, students who perpetrated it were less likely to report that teachers’ interventions were successful in the short term. Implications for bullying intervention, preservice teacher-training, and future research are discussed

Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Perspective (graphical · Poison control · Psychological intervention · Suicide prevention · Applied Psychology · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Insect and Pesticide Research · Medicine · Psychology

  • Psychological adjustment of ethnically victimized adolescents

    Open Access•Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Metin Özdemir et al.•European Journal of Developmental…•2021

  • Multi-Informant Assessment of Bullying in Austrian Schools

    Open Access•Antonia Paljakka, Susanne Schwab et al.•Frontiers in Education•2021

  • Unveiling the black box

    Open Access•Sevgi Bayram Özdemir, Metin Özdemir•Frontiers in Education•2024

  • Teachers’ Beliefs About Bullying, Analysis to Reorient Teacher Training

    Open Access•David Pérez‐Jorge, María del Carmen Rodríguez-Jiménez et al.•Humanities & Social Sciences…•2020

  • Using Machine Learning Approaches to Explore Non-Cognitive Variables Influencing Reading Proficiency in English among Filipino Learners

    Open Access•Allan B I Bernardo, Macario O Cordel et al.•Education Sciences•2021

  • Outcomes of teachers’ responses to general and stigma-based bullying

    Open Access•Laura Rodríguez-Pérez, Daniel Santos-Carrasco et al.•Social Psychology of Education•2026

  • Bullying in special schools

    Open Access•Nicolette W T Lee, Julia R Badger•Journal of Research in Special…•2026

  • Teacher educators’ sensitivity to bullying and its coverage in their teaching

    Open Access•Antonia Paljakka, Christoph Burger•International Journal of…•2026

  • Safe schools

    Open Access•Paula Vagos, Francisca Alves et al.•International Journal of…•2025

  • Enhancing pre-service teachers’ critical thinking and self-efficacy in bullying prevention through Odip-based human-robot paired learning

    Open Access•Jia-Hua Zhao, Yi-Fei Zhang et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2026

  • Patterns of teachers' responses to school bullying and their associations with training, self‐efficacy, and age

    Open Access•Wan‐Yu Hua, Wen‐chi Wu et al.•Behavioral Sciences & the Law•2024

  • The role of teacher support in increasing youths’ intentions to disclose cyberbullying experiences to teachers

    Open Access•Pooja Megha Nagar, Victoria Talwar•Computers & Education•2023

  • Optimal educational climate among students at risk

    Open Access•Anat Freund, Amit Zriker et al.•European Journal of Psychology of…•2022

  • Perceived parental prejudice and a tolerant class context in ethnic bullying

    Open Access•Maria Chiara Taiti, Benedetta E Palladino et al.•Journal of Adolescence•2025

  • Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Bullying

    Open Access•Molly Dawes, Colleen Gariton et al.•Review of Educational Research•2023

  • Perceptions of teachers' responses to children's peer victimization

    Open Access•Victoria E Johnson, Laura E Stanley et al.•Journal of School Psychology•2024

  • Ecological correlates of bullying and peer victimization among urban African American adolescents

    Open Access•Jeoung Min Lee, J S Hong et al.•The Journal of Educational Research•2021

  • Effects of Implementing Multiple Components in a School-Wide Antibullying Program

    Open Access•Marloes van Verseveld, Minne Fekkes et al.•Child Development•2021

  • The Family Context in Cybervictimization

    Open Access•Raquel Lozano-Blasco, Alejandra Barreiro-Collazo et al.•Trauma Violence & Abuse•2024

  • A Scoping Review of Empirical Studies Addressing the Prevention of Cyberviolence

    Open Access•Noelle Warkentin, Arielle Chaîné et al.•Trauma Violence & Abuse•2026

  • Teacher-Student and Student-Student Relationship Quality in Relation to Adolescents’ Defending Behaviors

    Open Access•Sen Li, Mingqi Zhi et al.•Journal of Social and Personal…•2026

  • The Impact of Dialogic Teacher Training on Students’ Peer Intervention to Address School Violence

    Open Access•Ane Olabarria, Harkaitz Zubiri-Esnaola et al.•SAGE Open•2025

  • Teachers’ responses to a case of relational bullying

    Open Access•Antonia Paljakka•Social Psychology of Education•2024

  • Why do teachers intervene? understanding the relationship between subjective norms and teachers’ intervention in real-life bullying incidents

    Open Access•Lei Liu, Yan Huang et al.•Social Psychology of Education•2024

  • Teachers’ personal history of bullying involvement and their intentions to engage in anti-bullying interventions

    Open Access•Rotem Maor•Social Psychology of Education•2025

  • Bullying Prevention and School Climate

    Open Access•Dziuginta Baraldsnes•International Journal of…•2020

  • How online inhibition fuels incivility through moral disengagement

    Open Access•Gumgum Gumelar, Herdiyan Maulana et al.•Online Journal of Communication…•2024

  • Associations among Adolescents’ Relationships with Parents, Peers, and Teachers, Self-Efficacy, and Willingness to Intervene in Bullying

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Anke Görzig et al.•International Journal of…•2020

  • Loneliness, Family Communication, and School Adjustment in a Sample of Cybervictimized Adolescents

    Open Access•Elizabeth Cañas, Estefanía Estévez et al.•International Journal of…•2020

  • How Teachers Deal with Cases of Bullying at School

    Open Access•Ken Rigby•International Journal of…•2020

  • Students’ Willingness to Intervene in Bullying

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Ludwig Bilz et al.•International Journal of…•2018

  • Cross-lagged analyses between peer bullying, teacher-student relationships, and non-suicidal self-injury among high school students

    Open Access•Yilin Liu, Y-J LIU et al.•BMC Public Health•2025

  • The role of hope in bullying and cyberbullying prevention

    Open Access•Sameer Hinduja, Justin W Patchin•Frontiers in Sociology•2025

  • Maternal Insights into Bullying Types and Effective Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jordanian Schools

    Open Access•Esra’ Mohammad Mustfa Khamis, Mohammad AL Jabery•Societies•2024

  • Mapping the language of professional vision

    Open Access•Silvia Edling, Robert Thornberg et al.•Education Inquiry•2025

  • Students’ perceptions of teachers’ responses to LGBTQ+ bullying and general bullying

    Open Access•Noelia Muñoz-Fernández, Maria Rosaria Nappa et al.•Social Psychology of Education•2026

  • Defending behavior in school bullying

    Open Access•Valentina Levantini, Carmen Gelati et al.•Social Psychology of Education•2024

  • Adolescents' Retributive and Restorative Orientations in Response to Intergroup Harms in Schools

    Open Access•Laura Pareja Conto, Angelica Restrepo et al.•Journal of Research on Adolescence•2022

  • Teachers’ responses to student bullying

    Open Access•Thao Thanh Nguyen Tran, Thanh Nguyen Thao Tran et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2026

  • Teachers’ responses to bullying

    Open Access•Fleur Elisabeth van Gils, Karlien Demol et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2024

  • A survey-experiment study on school bullying victims' reactions and teachers’ serious perception and intervention willingness

    Open Access•Hui Yin, Jiexin Gao et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2024

  • Barriers, resources, and attitudes towards (cyber-)bullying prevention/intervention in schools from the perspective of school staff

    Open Access•Viola M Lechner, Irina Catrinel Crăciun et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2023

  • Intention to intervene in weight-related bullying in elementary school

    Open Access•Cynthia Gagnon, Line Leblanc et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2022

  • Teachers’ Experiences With Difficult Bullying Situations in the School

    Open Access•Marloes van Verseveld, Minne Fekkes et al.•The Journal of Early Adolescence•2020

  • Low-achieving adolescent students' perspectives on their interactions with classmates. An exploratory study to inform the implementation of a social emotional learning program in prevocational education

    Open Access•Marion C E van de Sande, Minne Fekkes et al.•Children and Youth Services Review•2024

  • Teachers Can Make a Difference in Bullying

    Open Access•Christoph Burger, Dagmar Strohmeier et al.•Journal of Youth and Adolescence•2022

  • Developmental changes in young people's evaluations of sexual harassment

    Open Access•Stacey S Horn, Paul Poteat et al.•Journal of Social Issues•2023

  • An exploratory study on the perceived effectiveness of teacher interventions in bullying

    Open Access•Noelia Muñoz‐fernández, Sebastian Wach et al.•British Journal of Educational…•2025

  • Teachers' bullying‐related cognitions as predictors of their responses to bullying among students

    Open Access•Fleur Elisabeth van Gils, Karine Verschueren et al.•British Journal of Educational…•2023

  • A Systematic Review of School-Based Interventions to Prevent Bullying

    Rachel C Vreeman, Rachel Vreeman et al.•Archives of Pediatrics and…•2007

  • A review of research on bullying and peer victimization in school

    Open Access•J S Hong, Dorothy Espelage•Aggression and Violent Behavior•2012

  • Bullying

    Open Access•Jina S Yoon, Karen Kerber•Research in Education•2003

  • Effectiveness of school-based programs to reduce bullying

    Open Access•Maria M Ttofi, David P Farrington•Journal of Experimental Criminology•2011

  • Cyberbullying

    Dan Olweus•European Journal of Developmental…•2012

  • Families promote emotional and behavioural resilience to bullying

    Open Access•Lucy Bowes, Barbara Maughan et al.•Journal of Child Psychology and…•2010

  • Developing Measures of Teachers’ Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching

    Heather C Hill, Heather Hill et al.•The Elementary School Journal•2004

  • How effective are school bullying intervention programs? A meta-analysis of intervention research.

    Kenneth W Merrell, Barbara A Gueldner et al.•School Psychology Quarterly•2008

  • Bullying in schools

    Open Access•Ersilia Menesini, Christina Salmivalli•Psychology, Health & Medicine•2017

  • Bullying and the peer group

    Open Access•Christina Salmivalli•Aggression and Violent Behavior•2010

  • Preservice teachers' responses to bullying scenarios

    Sheri Bauman, Adrienne Del Rio•Journal of Educational Psychology•2006

  • Traditional, Cyber and Combined Bullying Roles

    Open Access•Sebastian Wach, Marianne Junger et al.•Societies•2015

  • Naturalistic Observations of Peer Interventions in Bullying

    Open Access•D Lynn Hawkins, Debra Pepler et al.•Social Development•2001

  • How teachers respond to school bullying

    Open Access•Christoph Burger, Dagmar Strohmeier et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2015

  • Moral Disengagement About Cyberbullying and Parental Monitoring

    Open Access•Diana J Meter, Sheri Bauman•The Journal of Early Adolescence•2016

  • Willingness to Intervene in Bullying Episodes Among Middle School Students

    Open Access•Dorothy Espelage, Harold Green et al.•The Journal of Early Adolescence•2011

  • Developmental Trajectories of (Cyber)Bullying Perpetration and Social Intelligence During Early Adolescence

    Open Access•Sara Pabian, Heidi Vandebosch•The Journal of Early Adolescence•2014

  • Teachers' perspectives on effective responses to overt bullying

    Open Access•Nicole Sokol, Kay Bussey et al.•British Educational Research…•2016

  • Middle school victims of bullying

    Open Access•J D Unnever, Dewey G Cornell•Aggressive Behavior•2004

  • Cognitive processes and the persistence of aggressive behavior

    Open Access•L Rowell Huesmann, Leonard D Eron•Aggressive Behavior•1984

  • Perceptions of teachers’ support, safety, and absence from school because of fear among victims, bullies, and bully‐victims

    Ruth Berkowitz, Rami Benbenishty•American Journal of Orthopsychiatry•2012

  • Teachers' views on bullying

    Open Access•Michael J Boulton•British Journal of Educational…•1997

  • What Good Schools can Do About Bullying

    Open Access•P K Smith, HU SHU et al.•Childhood•2000

  • Bullying and Internalizing Problems

    Open Access•Maggie Ledwell, King et al.•Journal of Family Issues•2015

Unique citing works49
Citations per year6,13
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 49

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae