KiVa Anti-bullying Program in Chile: Evaluation of Effectiveness With and Without the Digital Game Component

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bullying
• Interventions: Other: KiVa program

• Registration Number: NCT02898324
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de los Andes, Chile

Brief Summary

Bullying is a major problem worldwide and, with no exception, in Chile. Bullying is defined as a systematic aggressive behavior against a victim who cannot defend himself or herself. Victims suffer many consequences such as social isolation, psychological maladjustment, and self-injury behavior. Additionally, bullies have a higher risk for conduct problems and substance use disorders. These problems appear to last in time, affecting mental health even years later since the experience of bullying.

There are few studies in Chile aiming to determine the prevalence of bullying. In one of such studies, 47% of the students reported having been bullied during the last month before the application of the questionnaire. Even though there are many initiatives and guidelines in Chile supported by the government to help schools in order to deal with bullying, there is no any cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) aiming to assess the effectiveness of an anti-bullying program.

KiVa anti-bullying prevention program contains universal and indicated actions. Main universal actions for 5 to 6 graders consist of 10 two-hours lessons given during a year and an online game, which have the aim to raise awareness of the role of the group in bullying, increase empathy and promote strategies to support victims. Indicated actions consist of a set of discussion groups with the victims and with the bullies with proper follow-up.

The aims of this study are: 1) To develop a culturally appropriate version of the Kiva material, and 2) to test its effectiveness of KiVa program with and without the online game, to reduce bullying behavior among low-income primary schools in Santiago using a cluster RCT design with three arms: i) KiVa full program group, ii) KiVa without online game program group, and iii) Control group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-05
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-08
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-13
• Primary Completion: 2017-12
• Study Completion: 2019-04-30
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4485

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
KiVa program full	KiVa program	The schools allocated in this arm will receive the Chilean adaptation of KiVa program with all its universal and indicated actions.
KiVa program w/o the digital component	KiVa program	The schools allocated in this arm will receive the Chilean adaptation of KiVa program without the digital component (online game)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported victimisation	12 months followup	Victimisation will be assessed using the corresponding item from the revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported bullying	12 months followup	Bullying actions will be assessed using the corresponding item from the revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ)
Self-reported psychological strengths	12 months followup	The psychological strengths will be assessed using the total subscale of strengths (prosocial skills) of the Adolescent version of The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).
Peer-reported victimisation	12 months followup	Peer-reported victimisation will be assessed using the corresponding item from the revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ)
Self-reported psychological difficulties	12 months followup	The psychological difficulties will be assessed using the total subscale of difficulties of the Adolescent version of The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).
Peer-reported bullying	12 months followup	Peer-reported bullying will be assessed using the corresponding item from the revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ)