School counselors' use of counseling strategies for bullying perpetrators and their perceived effectiveness of these strategies have not been thoroughly studied. The purpose of this study is to investigate the frequency of use and perceived effectiveness of various counseling strategies for bullying perpetrators by elementary and middle school counselors. The participants in this study were 140 elementary and middle school counselors. The research tools included a self-constructed questionnaire on the frequency of bullying perpetrator counseling strategies and a questionnaire on the perceived effectiveness of these strategies, each consisting of 25 items. Data analysis was conducted using Rasch analysis. The results of the analysis revealed that the most frequently used counseling strategies for bullying perpetrators by counselors included understanding the reasons behind the attacks, providing teacher consultation and collaboration, offering emotional support to bullies, and guiding bullies to think about how to improve their behavior. The least frequently used strategies included thinking about compensating the victims, ensuring appropriate punishment for bullies, strengthening behavioral monitoring of bullies, and demanding an immediate cessation of bullying behavior. Counselors perceived the most effective counseling strategies for addressing bullying perpetrators to be system collaboration approaches, consultation and collaboration with teachers, building relationships through care and sharing, and teaching bullies to recognize and manage their emotions. In contrast, counselors considered strategies such as demanding an immediate cessation of bullying behavior, thinking about compensating the victims, monitoring the behavior of bullies, and guiding bullies to think about how to improve as ineffective.

Authors:
Liming Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Hsiu-I Hsueh, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Liming Chen is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan

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