Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (MGSAANZ)
Abstract
In Australia and Greece the issue of school bullying is a significant concern of educators
and students. While victims are not to be blamed for being bullied, research suggests
that the strategies utilised by victims to cope with bullying may inadvertently reinforce
victimisation.
This paper will outline the successful Australian “Coping with School Bullying”
(CWSB) program, including the use of a translated Greek version of the CWSB DVD,
and describe the outcomes of the replication of the CWSB questionnaire with Greek
students to identify effective and ineffective coping. Preliminary research conducted in
Greek schools indicates that the CWSB program was successful in significantly reducing
bullying amongst Greek students who had reported being seriously bullied pre-program.
The intervention will now be rolled out to a larger number of schools in Greece in 2013
