The purpose of this study was to develop the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students. In this study, the Bullying Indifferent Attitude was operationally defined as the total scores of the three factors assessed by the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Scale for Specialized High School Students(Kwon ＆ Kim, 2012). The three factors are bullying indifferent attitude cognition, bullying indifferent attitude emotion, bullying indifferent attitude behavior.
The study investigated the following research questions:
1. Will the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students be constructed properly?
2. Will the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students decrease the scores of Bullying Indifferent Attitude in the treatment group more effectively than those in the control group and the comparative group?
3. Will the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students decrease the scores of sub-factors(bullying indifferent attitude cognition, bullying indifferent attitude emotion, bullying indifferent attitude behavior) more significantly in comparison to those in the control group and the comparative group?
The Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students was developed based on the program development model previously designed in this study. The developed program consists of the following areas: 1) verification of the program development, 2) survey of the needs and consultation of experts, 3) formulation of the goals and the objectives, 4) selection of the content and sequencing of the content, 5) evaluation planning, 6) program concretization, 7) implementation of preparatory program, 8) revision of program and supplementation of program, 9) implementation of program, 10) evaluation of program, 11) management of program.
The Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students was made up of 12 sessions, 90 minutes per session. The Bullying Indifferent Attitude Scale for Specialized High School Students(Kwon ＆ Kim, 2012) was administered to students of K Specialized High School in Busan. Participants for the study consisted of 42 students, all of which had higher mean scores. They were then randomly split into 3 groups of 14 students.
The Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students was evaluated based on the program evaluation model designed in this study. In the program evaluation, the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Scale for Specialized High School Students(Kwon ＆ Kim, 2012) was used as a measuring instrument to test the effects of the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program and participants satisfaction was evaluated based on the questionnaire designed in this study. To verify the effects of the program, a variance analysis was used. The program used for data analysis was SPSS 18.0 for Windows and the significance level for hypothesis testing was set at .05.
The results were as follows.
First, the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students was constructed in a valid manner in order to improve the indifferent attitude of specialized high school students.
Second, the treatment group obtained significantly lower scores than the control group and the comparative group in the levels of overall bullying Indifferent Attitude.
Third, the treatment group obtained significantly lower scores than the control group and the comparative group in 3 sub-factors which consist of the bullying Indifferent Attitude cognition, the bullying Indifferent Attitude emotion, the bullying Indifferent Attitude behavior.
These results prove that the Bullying Indifferent Attitude Decrease Program for Specialized High School Students was developed properly.