A Study to Assess the effect of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Bullying Behaviour Among Students of Selected Nursing College, Bengaluru

Introduction: Bullying has become a major issue in the social environment causing an impact on physical health, mental health and social life of an individual. It is pernicious in its impact even if it is often less visible and less readily identifiable than other public health concerns. It is very important to have updated Knowledge regarding the prevention of bullying behaviour among adolescents. Methods: A Quasi-experimental (pre-test post-test control group design) study was conducted to assess the effect of a structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding the prevention of bullying behaviour among 172 participants from Laasya college of nursing, Bengaluru. Non-probability convenient sampling technique was used. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. An Independent t-test was used to find out the difference in knowledge score and a chi-square test was used to find association. Results: The results showed that there was a statistically significant [t (170) = - 18.230 at p<0.05) difference between the mean post-test knowledge score between the experimental group and control group and there was a statistically significant [t (85) = -19.403 at p<0.05] difference between the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge score regarding prevention of bullying behaviour in the experimental group. Only a year of studying the course was found to have a significant association of the pre-test and post-test level of knowledge with the demographic variables at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The study concludes that the intervention-structured teaching programme was effective in enhancing the knowledge regarding the prevention of bullying behaviour among students.