Introduction Bullying is a widely prevalent public health and safety issue that can have
serious long-term consequences for youth. Given the limited efficacy of traditional bullying
prevention programs, a need exists for novel, theoretically informed, prevention
programming. Construal Level Theory provides a useful framework. Methods This study
evaluated a pseudo-randomized pilot trial of a virtual reality enhanced bullying prevention
program among middle school students (N= 118) in the Midwest United States. Two models …