Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training on Reducing Bullying Behaviors and Increasing Empathy Among Middle-School Bully Students

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotion regulation training on reducing bullying behaviors and increasing empathy among middle-school bully students.

This is a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group design. The statistical population included all male students studying in the secondary schools of Khoy City in the school year of 2018-2019. A sample of 30 people was selected by purposeful sampling method using the Illinois Bullying Scale (IBS) and were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. Data were collected Basic Empathy Scale (BES) and Illinois Bullying Scale (IBS). Data analysis using the performed using covariance analysis in SPSS26 program.

Data analysis showed that the emotion regulation training led to a significant difference between the groups in bullying behaviors with 51% and empathy with 56%.

According to the results, it can be concluded that emotion regulation training is effective on reducing bullying behaviors and increasing empathy among middle-school bullying students.