Psychosocial intervention
Testing the Evaluation of the Testimony of the Global Evaluation System in Bullying Cases
By Montes Á, Cea B and Arce R.
Abstract
Background/aim
The prevalence of school bullying victimization has been estimated between 5% (strict criteria for prevalence classification) and 33% (lenient criteria for prevalence assessment) of children and adolescents. Bullying victimization entails decision-making at the administrative (school setting), civil (victim compensation), and criminal (criminal responsibility) levels, which must be based on certainty about the truthfulness of the allegation. A high-fidelity simulation study was designed with the aim of testing the evaluation of testimony of the Global Evaluation System (GES) in cases of bullying allegations.
Method
A total of 154 adolescents aged from 13 to 18 years, 86 boys, were randomly assigned to the condition of testimony of a memory of real-life negative experiences or a fabricated memory of a bullying event. The protocols (statements) were subjected to a content analysis using the categories of validity of the evidence and the content categories of memories of real-life experiences of the GES.