The Effectiveness of Intervention Program Based on Resilience and Forgiveness in Irritability and Learning Behavior in Bullying Victims

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of intervention program based on resilience and forgiveness in irritability and learning behavior in Bullying Victims. The research design was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test type with a control group and a three-month follow-up period. The research sample included 30 bullying victims’ students, in the second secondary school in Bostan Abad city (Iran) in the academic year 2024-2023, which were selected through the purposeful sampling method. The measurement instruments included the Bullying Victim Questionnaire, Irritability Scale, and Learning Behavior Scale. The intervention program based on resilience and forgiveness was implemented in eight 45-minute sessions, during eight weeks in a group separated by gender for the experimental group, and the control group did not receive any training. Analysis of variance with repeated measure and Tukey and Bonferroni post hoc tests were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the intervention program based on resilience and forgiveness significantly reduced irritability and increased the learning behavior of bullying victims’ students. Therefore, given these findings using such comprehensive programs by education authorities at the schools is recommended.

Keywords

• bullying victims
• irritability
• learning behavior and treatment based on resilience and forgiveness