Reality therapy oriented intervention program for cyberbullying behaviors and testing its efficiency

The purpose of this study is to develop an intervention program for
cyberbullying based on reality therapy and also to investigate the
efficiency of this program for such behavior. For the study, firstly,
the concept of cyberbullying is analyzed and discussed within the
framework of choice theory. Secondly, a psychological counseling
program intended to reduce cyberbullying behaviors is developed
and a pilot scheme is launched. Remarks of experts are taken into
consideration in analyzing the pilot scheme and the program’s
suitability with reality therapy is established. An intervention
program is implemented at a high school in Istanbul in the first half
of the 2012-2013 school year. In the study, designed with 2x3
split-plot method, experimental and control groups consisting of 12
people are formed and a ten-session program is implemented for
the experimental group. Analyses show that cyberbullying
behaviors decreased in the experimental group, while there was no
change in the level of cyberbullying behaviors in the control group.