Citation

von Marée N, Petermann F. Prax. Kinderpsychol. Kinderpsychiatr. 2009; 58(2): 96-109.

Vernacular Title

Der Bullying- und Viktimisierungsfragebogen fur Kinder (BVF-K): Konstruktion und

Affiliation

Zentrum fur Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universitat Bremen, Grazer Strasse, Bremen. nvmarees@uni-bremen.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Verlag Fur Medizinische Psychologie)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19334400

Abstract

Bullying constitutes a meaningful risk factor concerning the development of emotional problems and behavioral abnormalities and occurs to a considerable degree in kindergarten and primary school already. In order to identify bullying behavior as well as the children involved early enough, reliable and valid assessment methods are needed. The Bulling and Victimization Questionnaire for Children (BVF-K) is an instrument based on self-reports for pre- and primary school children. The questionnaire assesses to what extent 4-10 year old children are affected by direct or indirect bullying. The construction sample consisted of 458 children. Item analysis showed good distribution of item difficulties as well as satisfactory discriminative power of items. Via principal component analysis, two scales (victim and bully) as well as four subscales were extracted (direct and indirect/relational victimization and direct and indirect/relational aggression respectively), showing satisfactory to good internal consistency.

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