Cyberbullying, Empathy, and Storytelling in Adolescents

Gazi University71 enrolled

Overview

This randomized controlled experimental study examined the effect of a storytelling intervention on cyberbullying and empathy levels in adolescents. The study population consisted of 5th- and 6th-grade middle school students, and the sample included students involved in cyberbullying. Participants were allocated to intervention and control groups using stratified randomization by gender. The intervention group received four storytelling sessions, whereas no intervention was delivered to the control group during the study period. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, post-test, 3-month follow-up, and 6-month follow-up. After the study was completed, the control group was provided with cyberbullying education. The study investigated whether the intervention led to differences between groups in cyberbullying and empathy levels.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cyberbullying

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 10 YearsMax age: 13 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Family approval * Volunteering to participate in the study. * Being a 5th and 6th grade student * Engaging in cyberbullying behavior Exclusion Criteria: * Having a diagnosis of any mental illness * Having at least one of vision, speech and hearing disabilities * Foreign nationality * Being a 7th and 8th grade student * Not engaging in cyberbullying behavior

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

cyberbullying

It is expected that cyberbullying will decrease with storytelling. These measurements will be made with the Cyberbullying Triangle Scale. Cyberbullying Triangle Scale and Bullying, Victimization and Cyber Bystander subscales will be used in the evaluation. The assessment is done by categorizing students into various categories. These categories are: "not involved in cyberbullying, only cyber victim, only cyber bully, only cyber bystander, cyber bully and cyber victim, cyber bystander and cyber victim, cyber bystander and cyber bully, cyber bully, cyber victim and cyber bystander".

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

empathy

Empathy parameter is expected to increase with storytelling. Empathy will be assessed with the Cognitive, Affective, Behavioral Empathy Scale. The Empathy Scale consists of 30 questions and three sub-factors: cognitive, affective and bodily empathy. The scale has a 3-point Likert (0 and 2) type rating. The score that can be obtained from the scale varies between 0 and 60 and the higher the score, the higher the empathy tendency.