A Comparison of the Gatehouse Bullying Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire for Students in Secondary School

Autor/inn/en	Bond, Lyndal; Wolfe, Sarah; Tollit, Michelle; Butler, Helen; Patton, George
Titel	A Comparison of the Gatehouse Bullying Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire for Students in Secondary School
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 77 (2007) 2, S.75-79 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00170.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Questionnaires; Validity; Bullying; Comparative Analysis; Peer Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Gültigkeit; Mobbing; Peer-Beziehungen; Messdaten; Australien
Abstract	Background: Bullying occurs in all schools. Measuring bullying in schools is complicated because both definitions of bullying and methods for measuring bullying vary. This study compared a brief 12-item Gatehouse Bullying Scale (GBS) with items drawn from the Peer Relations Questionnaire (PRQ), a well-established bullying questionnaire to measure the concurrent validity of the GBS. Methods: Year 8 secondary school students (14 years of age) in metropolitan and regional Victoria, Australia, completed questionnaires assessing being teased, being deliberately left out, had rumors spread about oneself, and/or being physically threatened or hurt. Results: The prevalence of bullying using GBS and PRQ was 57% and 61%, respectively. Percent agreement between the 2 measures was high. Agreement adjusted for chance was moderate (kappa 0.5). The GBS had good to moderate test-retest reliability (rho 0.65). Conclusions: The GBS is a short, reliable tool measuring the occurrence of bullying in schools. As well as a global estimate of bullying, the GBS provides estimates of 2 covert and 2 overt types of bullying which can be useful for schools to better plan interventions dealing with school bullying. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10