Anti-Bullying Bibliotherapy Intervention (ABBI) Program Manual: Grounding Teachers and Counselors

Abstract

This study addresses the development and validation of an Anti-Bullying Bibliotherapy Intervention (ABBI) Manual which espouses a form of Bibliotherapy that combines two types - developmental and prescriptive. A combination of descriptive research and development methods was used. The manual was developed based on the conducted online survey and comprehensive bibliographic review. The ADDIE model was used as a framework for developing the manual and Echer’s (2005) validation steps were employed. The Manual is valid and could be utilized by teachers and counselors after subjecting it to face and content validity using the Delphi technique. A measure of scale reliability using Cronbach’s Alpha (Intraclass correlation average measures or reliability coefficient) and the level of internal consistency of the raters’ score were used to measure internal consistency, that is, how closely related a set of items are as a group.