Educating for diversity: an evaluation of a sexuality diversity workshop to address secondary school bullying.
Australas Psychiatry
; 23(5): 544-9, 2015 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the potential of a 60-minute sexuality diversity workshop to address bullying in secondary schools.METHODS:
Students completed pre- and post-workshop questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise results with pre- to immediate post-workshop changes compared using t-tests. Thematic analysis was used to analyse open-ended questionnaire responses.RESULTS:
We had 229 students (mean age 13.7 years) attending 10 workshops participate in the study. Three-quarters of students thought the workshop would reduce bullying in schools, and over 95% of the participants thought that other secondary schools should offer the workshop. There was a significant increase in valuing (p < 0.001) and understanding (p < 0.001) sexuality-diverse individuals (e.g. lesbian, gay and bisexual people), between the pre- and post-workshop results. School climates were largely perceived to be 'hard' and included 'bullying/mocking' of sexuality-diverse students; however, many individual students reported a desire to be supportive of their sexuality-diverse peers.CONCLUSIONS:
Sexuality-based bullying is commonplace in secondary schools. This form of bullying is associated with depression and suicide attempts. Reducing sexuality-based bullying is very likely to have a positive impact on the mental health of young people. Brief workshops, as a part of a wider suite of interventions, have some potential to create safer school environments.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Preconceito
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Comportamento do Adolescente
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Sexualidade
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Educação
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Bullying
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article