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Summary
Military-connected youth experience a lot of stress resulting from deployments and multiple school transitions. A military-connected school developed a grassroots anti-bullying program called Because Nice Matters (BNM) , its success was analyzed after two years of implementing the program. The results indicate that a the BNM grassroots program resulted in improved rates of bullying in nonmilitary and military-connected students attending the school.
Citation
De Pedro, K. T., Pineda, D., Capp, G., Moore, H., Benbenishty, R., & Astor, R. A. (2017). Implementation of a School Districtwide Grassroots Antibullying Initiative: A School Staff and Parent–Focused Evaluation of Because Nice Matters. Children and Schools, 39, 137-145. doi:10.1093/cs/cdx008