Designing a social interest therapy program and examining its effectiveness on bullying and victim behaviors in adolescences

The aim of this research was to designing a Social Interest Therapy (SIT) program for bullying and victim students and Examining its effectiveness he effectiveness on bullying and victim behaviors in adolescences. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest posttest, two month Follow-up and two control groups. In this study statistical population was second and third high school grades bullying and victim boy students in Abarkooh in the academic year 2015-2016. Implement research after applying sociometry, of among the students who based on the analysis of the results of sociometry were classified as bullying and victimization adolescents, 40 students were randomly selected as bullying group and 40 students were selected as victimization group. Then each group was randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control and all subjects completed the Olweus Bulling/ victimization revised questionnaire. Experimental groups participated in Social Interest Therapy program for 12 sessions (two sessions per week) separately but the control group received no intervention. Mixed intra-between group Multivariate Variance analysis and pairwise comparisons results indicated that Social Interest Therapy could amelioration bullying and victim behaviors in experimental groups than in post-test and follow-up. Helping students Reorient their opinions and aims, inferiority feelings resolution and belonging and social interest enhancement has led to behaviors amelioration of bullying and victim behaviors in adolescents.