Empowering Students against Ethnic Bullying: Review and Recommendations of Innovative School Programs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Risk of Ethnic Bullying in Schools
3. Developing Anti-Ethnic Bullying Intervention Programs
4. Theoretical Orientation of Anti-Ethnic Bullying Programs
5. Recommendations of Anti-Ethnic Bullying Programs
5.1. Cultural Awareness Workshops
5.2. Empathy and Perspective Building Activities
5.3. Bystander Intervention Training
5.4. Stigma-Based Intervention
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Wu, Q.; Jia, F. Empowering Students against Ethnic Bullying: Review and Recommendations of Innovative School Programs. Children 2023, 10, 1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10101632
Wu Q, Jia F. Empowering Students against Ethnic Bullying: Review and Recommendations of Innovative School Programs. Children. 2023; 10(10):1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10101632
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Qiyue, and Fanli Jia. 2023. "Empowering Students against Ethnic Bullying: Review and Recommendations of Innovative School Programs" Children 10, no. 10: 1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10101632
APA StyleWu, Q., & Jia, F. (2023). Empowering Students against Ethnic Bullying: Review and Recommendations of Innovative School Programs. Children, 10(10), 1632. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10101632