Nursing Intervention for Preventing Cyberbullying and Reducing Its Negative Impact on Students: A Scoping Review

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Figure 1 PRISMA flow diagram.³²

Notes: Adapted from Tricco AC, Lillie E, Zarin W, et al. PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR): checklist and explanation. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169(7):467–473. doi:10.7326/M18-0850.³²

Table 1 JBI Critical Appraisal Tool

Author, Pubslished Year	JBI Critical Appraisal Tool	Study Design
[35]	88,9% (8/9)	Quasi experimental
[44]	92,3% (12/13)	RCT
[37]	77,8% (7/9)	Quasi experimental
[16]	100% (9/9)	Quasi experimental
[42]	92,3% (12/13)	RCT
[45]	84,6% (11/13)	RCT
[41]	84,6% (11/13)	RCT
[43]	92,3% (12/13)	RCT
[39]	76,9% (10/13)	RCT
[25]	76,9% (10/13)	RCT
[40]	92,3% (12/13)	RCT

Table 2 Extraction Data

No	Author & Year	Outcome	Country	Design	Sample	Intervention	Result
1.	[35]	Effects cyberprogram on bullying, cyberbullying, and empathy	Spain	Quasi experimental	176 students	Cyberprogram 2.0	The intervention can reduce and prevent bullying, cyberbullying, and increase empathy.
2.	[44]	Effects classroom-based cyberbullying on preventive students	Germany	RCT	722 students	Classroom-based cyberbullying	Effective in reducing cyberbullying and promoting empathy.
3.	[37]	Effects third Edition of the program in accordance	Italy	Quasi experimental	628 students	Notrap Program! With Information and Communication Technologies (icts)	Effective in reducing the incidence of cyberbullying in students.
4.	[16]	Evaluates Whole-School Change Intervention on cyberbullying and supportive environment	USA	Quasi experimental	2771 students	Whole-School Change Intervention	Effective in reducing the incidence of cyberbullying and establishing a supportive environment.
5.	[42]	Improving awareness on cyberbullying and increasing proactive coping.	Italy	RCT	898 students	RPC Teacher-Based Program	Increase in coping strategies in reducing the incidence of bullying in schools.
6.	[45]	Strategies on foster parent and foster youth engagement in treatment to reduce impact of cyberbullying	USA	RCT	47 students	Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)	Decrease in the incidence of cyberbullying and an increase in student coping.
7.	[41]	Prevents cyberbullying and cyber-victimization	Austria	RCT	2042 students	Visc Social Competence Program	Effective in preventing and reducing the incidence of cyberbullying and cyber-victimization
8.	[43]	Fostering positive behavior in students to reduce impact of cyberbullying	Australia	RCT	35 students	Cyber Friendly Schools Program	Effective in reducing the incidence of cyberbullying
9.	[39]	Results from an evaluation of the conred cyberbullying	Spain	RCT	875 students	Conred cyberbullying intervention program	Decrease in the incidence of cyberbullying
10.	[25]	Moral disengagement, empathy and social cognitive predictors of cyberbullying	Greece	RCT	355 students	School-based preventive intervention	Intervention can prevent and reduce the incidence of cyberbullying and increase empathy.
11.	[40]	Increase children’s intention to intervene in cyberbullying incidents	Netherlands	RCT	298 students	Online anti-cyberbullying intervention	Reduce the incidence of cyberbullying and violence in schools.

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