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PREV@CIB Programme

  • April 12th, 2024
Adolescent on their mobile phone.
Adolescent on their mobile phone.

Cyberbullying prevention programme (PREV@CIB)

PREV@CIB (Prevention of cyberbullying) is an intervention programme developed by the BIPSIA Research Group.

Objectives

The programme focuses on the prevention of bullying and cyberbullying in adolescents. It is designed to be implemented in educational contexts (compulsory secondary education).

Funding

The programme was developed (and its effectiveness evaluated) as part of the research project ACIF/2014/110 ‘Prevention of bullying in adolescents through technology: Prev@cib Programme,’ funded by the Department of Education, Culture and Sport of the Valencian Government (VALi+d Programme).

Research results

  • Ortega-Barón, J. (2017). Prevention of bullying in adolescents through new information and communication technologies: Prev@cib Programme (orig. Prevención del acoso en adolescentes a través de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación: Programa Prev@cib) [Doctoral Thesis, Universidad de Valencia]. Grade: Cum laude distinction. Directors: Sofía Buelga and María Jesús Cava. European Doctorate.
  • Ortega-Barón, J., Buelga, S., Ayllón, E., Martínez-Ferrer, B., & Cava, M.-J. (2019). Effects of Intervention Program Prev@cib on Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying. International Journal of Environmental Research Public Health, 16, 527. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040527
  • Ortega-Barón, J., Buelga, S., Cava, M.-J., & Iranzo, B. (2022). Efficacy of the Prev@cib 2.0 program in cyberbullying, helping behaviors and perception of help from the teacher. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 20(2), 427-448. https://doi.org/10.25115/ejrep.v20i57.6684

Dissemination of the programme

  • Oral presentation given at the 2017 International Cultic Studies Association: Cultic, dinamics and radicalisation, titled ‘Prev@cib Program: a prevention program to prevent the intimidation through the technologies in the adolescence.’ Authors: Jessica Ortega Barón and Sofía Buelga.
  • Oral presentation given at the Andalusian Congress of Criminology titled ‘Effects of the prev@cib pilot programme on the reduction of violent behaviour at school and through new technologies.’ Authors: Jessica Ortega Barón, Sofía Buelga, María Jesús Cava and Laura Carrascosa.
  • Lecture at the 1st Conference on Bullying: Creating Coexistence of the Red Cross titled ‘Intervention programmes (Prev@cib and Safety.net).’ Author: Jessica Ortega Barón.
  • Certification of good practice. Programme recommended by the National Institute of Criminology of the United States. ‘Prev@cib Programme’ in 2020.https://crimesolutions.ojp.gov/ratedprograms/702.
  • Prize: 2017 Alumni Plus Award by the Board of Trustees of the Universitat de València for the project: ‘Prevention of bullying in adolescents through new information and communication technologies: Prev@cib Programme.’