TY - JOUR JF - JRH JO - J Research Health VL - 3 IS - 3 PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/9/01 TI - Effectiveness of reduction of bullying training on the rate of victim behaviors in children TT - اثر بخشی برنامه‌ آموزشی کاهش زورگویی بر میزان رفتارهای قربانی کودکان N2 - Objectives: This study investigated the effects of Reduction of Bullying Training Program on the rate of reduction victim behaviors in male's studets of elementary school in Isfahan City. Method: A experimental research with pre-test, post-test, and follow up (after six months of the post-test) design was carried out to pursue this purpose. Statistical population included all the male's bully children in the years of 1388-1389 in the city of Isfahan, Iran. Research sample included 40 Bullying children who were chosen after three stages of sampling by random multi-stage method and randomly assigned to two control and experimental groups. The research tools were Sociometry and Peer Relationship Questionnaire, with three subscales including bullying, victim & prosocial behaviors. The Experimental group took part in 10 sessions of Reduction of Bullying Training Program twice a week, While the control group did not received any intervention. Mancova analysis was used to analyze the data collected by SPSS-15 software. Results: The result indicated that Reduction of Bullying Training Program significantly decreased the rate of victim behaviors and all its dimensions (P SP - 429 EP - 435 AU - Steki Azad, Nasim AU - Amiri, Shole AD - University of esfahan KW - Reduction of Bullying Training Program KW - Bullying KW - Victim KW - Behavioral Symptoms UR - http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-59-en.html ER -