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SynthesisPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2022

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Interventions to Decrease Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization.

Joshua R Polanin, Dorothy L Espelage, Jennifer K Grotpeter, Katherine Ingram, Laura Michaelson, Elizabeth Spinney, Alberto Valido, America El Sheikh, Cagil Torgal, Luz Robinson

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Synthesis in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. The Dosage, Context, and Modality of Interventions to Prevent Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization: a Systematic Review.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022
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  19. Virtues as protective factors for adolescent mental health.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Joshua R PolaninAmerican Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson St. NW, Washington, DC, 20007, USA. jpolanin@air.org.ORCID 0000-0001-5100-0164
Dorothy L EspelageUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Jennifer K GrotpeterDevelopment Services Group, Inc, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Katherine IngramUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Laura MichaelsonAmerican Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson St. NW, Washington, DC, 20007, USA.
Elizabeth SpinneyDevelopment Services Group, Inc, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Alberto ValidoUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
America El SheikhUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Cagil TorgalUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Luz RobinsonUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence suggests that cyberbullying among school-age children is related to problem behaviors and other adverse school performance constructs. As a result, numerous school-based programs have been developed and implemented to decrease cyberbullying perpetration and victimization. Given the extensive literature and variation in program effectiveness, we conducted a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of programs to decrease cyberbullying perpetration and victimization. Our review included published and unpublished literature, utilized modern, transparent, and reproducible methods, and examined confirmatory and exploratory moderating factors. A total of 50 studies and 320 effect sizes spanning 45,371 participants met the review protocol criteria. Results indicated that programs significantly reduced cyberbullying perpetration (g = -0.18, SE = 0.05, 95% CI [-0.28, -0.09]) and victimization (g = -0.13, SE = 0.04, 95% CI [-0.21, -0.05]). Moderator analyses, however, yielded only a few statistically significant findings. We interpret these findings and provide implications for future cyberbullying prevention policy and practice.

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BullyingCrime VictimsCyberbullyingProblem BehaviorChildHumansSchools

Identifiers

PMID34159506
PMCPMC8218972

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