TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Getting precise and pragmatic about the assessment of bullying: The development of the California Bullying Victimization Scale
JO  - Aggressive behavior
A1  - Felix, Erika D.
A1  - Sharkey, Jill D.
A1  - Green, Jennifer Greif
A1  - Furlong, Michael J.
A1  - Tanigawa, Diane
SP  - 234
EP  - 247
VL  - 37
IS  - 3
N2  - Accurate assessment of bullying is essential to intervention planning and evaluation. Limitations to many currently available self-report measures of bullying victimization include a lack of psychometric information, use of the emotionally laden term "bullying" in definition-first approaches to self-report surveys, and not assessing all components of the definition of bullying (chronicity, intentionality, and imbalance of power) in behavioral-based self-report methods. To address these limitations, we developed the California Bullying Victimization Scale (CBVS), which is a self-report scale that measures the three-part definition of bullying without the use of the term bully. We examined test-retest reliability and the concurrent and predictive validity of the CBVS across students in Grades 5-12 in four central California schools. Concurrent validity was assessed by comparing the CBVS with a common, definition-based bullying victimization measure. Predictive validity was examined through the co-administration of measures of psychological well-being. Analysis by grade and gender are included. Results support the test-retest reliability of the CBVS over a 2-week period. The CBVS was significantly, positively correlated with another bullying assessment and was related in expected directions to measures of well-being. Implications for differentiating peer victimization and bullying victimization via self-report measures are discussed. Aggr. Behav. 37:1-14, 2011. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-140X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.20389
ID  - ref1
ER  -